[lit-ideas] Re: Der Finhest How-where
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:55:38 EDT
In a message dated 4/12/2010 8:32:33 P.M. Argentina Standard Time,
ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
She
talked about "Der Finhest How-where," a phrase from a speech by
Churchill. No doubt there were moments when I sounded equally weird
to their ears.
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One wonders...
What makes an "hora" (in Latin), "fina"
----- In Latin, Churchill's adage is false.
I think he did not mean the 'the' of Russell ('the king of France is
bald').
"The finest hour" -- NEVER
"Our finest hour"
by which he meant Cathy.
Cathy, in the north of England, is referred to as "Our Cathy"
Our Cathy's father: "Our Cathy, do you want to make some tea for our
Doris?"
Our Cathy: No, our father. Our Doris is dead-asleep".
Our Cathy's father: Well, go on and WAKE our Doris.
Our Cathy: "Our father, I cannot do that to our Doris"
--- Bugger off, then.
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"Our finest hour"
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nostra fina hora
in Latin.
But try to find a classical or classy quote with 'hour'.
My best piece of operatic ballet is actually, the Dance of the Hours:
From Eckerman, impressario at the Daly's:
"Our finest hour has been our Cathy," no dubt.
Etc.
That woman should have stuck with the Gallic -- Churchill NEVER meant 'our'
to involve Frogs (I love Frogs!)
JLS
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