[lit-ideas] Re: Napoleon was normal (Was: Judy Evans' 'ecole normal'
- From: "[+1] 9 1 9 5 9 9 7 0 6 5 {palma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx}" <palma@xxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 22:15:13 -0400 (EDT)
more Monge, than Bonaparte
as in X
On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 22:08:37 EDT
> From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
> Reply-To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Napoleon was normal (Was: Judy Evans' 'ecole normal'
>
>
> >From 'ecole normale'? -- so, to teach norms?
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> >Judy Evans, Cardiff .
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> 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.
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> Cheers,
>
> J. L.
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