[lit-ideas] Re: Napoleon was normal (Was: Judy Evans' 'ecole normal'
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:52:38 +0100
>I knew Judy would like the idea of a French school being 'normal'.
:) interesting the 'normal schools' here were named after the French ones.
>Note that an OED quote for 'public school boy' (why not 'girl'
'public schoolgirl' is used -- but when I Googled for a suitable url, I found
some
porny-looking sites! I assume
> 'public school boy': Lyceen, gymnast
doesn't make sense, does it? 'grammar school boy' would.
>I don't see what he had to do with the South Kensington Normal School of
>Design,
if that's the one that became part of Imperial College, it was named after the
Ecole Normale Superieure
Judy
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From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Napoleon was normal (Was: Judy Evans' 'ecole normal'
>From 'ecole normale'? -- so, to teach norms?
>Judy Evans, Cardiff .Oui. And as Palma (of Duke) has recently reminded us, it
>was revolutionary (then) as per "revolution francaise".
I knew Judy would like the idea of a French school being 'normal'. Note that
an OED quote for 'public school boy' (why not 'girl' -- cfr Roeden) is:
'public school boy': Lyceen, gymnast.
-- whatever that means.
If it was all due to Napoleon, I don't see what he had to do with the South
Kensington Normal School of Design, though.
Cheers,
J. L.
J. L. Speranza, Esq.
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