[geocentrism] Re: Fw: Protestants Gear up Support for California's Pro-traditional Marriage Constitutional Amendment

  • From: Paul Deema <paul_deema@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:34:38 +0000 (GMT)

Bernie B
I'm not a father -- I have no children. 
Paul D



----- Original Message ----
From: Bernie Brauer <bbrauer777@xxxxxxxxx>
To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, 27 September, 2008 4:46:48 PM
Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Fw: Protestants Gear up Support for California's 
Pro-traditional Marriage Constitutional Amendment


Paul,

Good fathers sometimes watch the same programs as their children.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_Gadget

Bernie

--- On Sat, 9/27/08, Paul Deema <paul_deema@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Paul Deema <paul_deema@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Fw: Protestants Gear up Support for California's 
Pro-traditional Marriage Constitutional Amendment
To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008, 9:21 AM


Neville J

OK. But as I'm not a student of Inspector Gadget, I'm ignorant of his 
definition also. Would you fill in the gap for me please?

Paul D



----- Original Message ----
From: Neville Jones <njones@xxxxxxxxx>
To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, 27 September, 2008 10:26:30 AM
Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Fw: Protestants Gear up Support for California's 
Pro-traditional Marriage Constitutional Amendment


Paul,

"Wowzers" is a term used by Inspector Gadget, the children's cartoon character.

Neville. 



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Neville J

From Neville Jones Fri Sep 26 15:11:05 2008 -- you said 
"Under U.S. law religious organizations cannot endorse political candidates, 
..." Wowzers!

I've noted your use of this expression on previous occasions and on both this 
and those previous occasions, your usage is at variance with my understanding 
of the meaning of the term. Your spelling is different from common usage thus 
you may be referring to something other than that which I deduce. I Googled 
both 'wowser' and 'wowzer' but found few references. I've reproduced the 
relevant parts below together with the references.
 
Would you explain just what your definition of the term(s) is/are?

Paul D

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wowser
Wowser
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For the fictional dog known as Wowser, see Wowser (TV series).
Wowsers! is also a signature expression used by the cartoon character Inspector 
Gadget. 
Wowser is a slang expression, most commonly heard in Australian and New Zealand 
English. It originated in Australia, at first carrying a similar meaning to 
'lout', i.e. an annoying or disruptive person. However, around the beginning of 
the 20th century it shifted to its present meaning: one whose overdeveloped 
sense of morality drives them to deprive others of their pleasures. At this 
time, the term was particularly applied to members of temperance groups such as 
the antipodean branches of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
John Norton (January 25, 1858 - April 9, 1916), editor of Truth, claimed to 
have invented the word in 1899 [1] and the term was frequently used by artist 
and author Norman Lindsay, who fought many celebrated battles with "Wowsers" 
over the sexual content in his art and writing.
The Australian writer C.J. Dennis defined it thus: 'Wowser: an ineffably pious 
person who mistakes this world for a penitentiary and himself for a warder'.
In recent years, the term has been most often applied to morality-oriented 
politicians Fred and Elaine Nile and Brian Harradine.[citation needed]
Americans are likely to associate the word with H. L. Mencken:
"In the same way the Archidamian War is more interesting than the fiscal cares 
of the Four Hundred, and the craft of Pericles takes precedence of his 
abilities as tax-collector and wowser." American Mercury "The Greeks" 
'Wowser' is also the word given to describe a puritanical fanatic [US English]
The etymology of the word has not been fully discovered. Norton claimed it 
stood for "We Only Want Social Evils Remedied"[2] but this is almost certainly 
a backronym.


http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wowzer
[edit] NounSingular
wowzer
  Plural
wowzers
 
wowzer (plural wowzers)
(slang) To describe something of great interest or beauty. Something worth 
saying wow about. 

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