Ban elitist
December 23rd, 2008Ban elitist
Councils ban 'elitist' and 'discriminatory' Latin phrases
Local authorities have ordered employees to stop using the words and phrases on documents and when communicating with members of the public and to rely on wordier alternatives ... (more...)
Curiose: What I am paying attention to...: Councils ban 'elitist' and ...
curiose (Latin, adverb). comp. curiosius, super. curiosissime. Definition: carefully/attentively, with care; elaborately; curiously; inquisitively, with curiosity. (more...)
Barking Moonbat Early Warning System
Councils ban ?elitist? and ?discriminatory? Latin phrases. (ok BMEWSers. Outdumb this one) What are these folks thinking? They want ?wordier? documents? (more...)
Don?t Blame the Americans for this One!
Councils ban ?elitist? and ?discriminatory? Latin phrases? In a story that sounds more like an April Fool?s Day joke than a bona fide news story, we are informed that ... (more...)
Councils ban 'elitist' and 'discriminatory' Latin phrases - Telegraph
They are phrases that are repeated ad nauseam and are taken as bona fide English, but councils have now overturned the status quo by banning staff from using Latin terms, which ... (more...)
Yael T. Abouhalkah - Midwest Voices
My recent posts . Barack and Michelle Obama 's children will attend Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., it was confirmed Saturday. It's a private school that charges (gulp) $29,000 a year in tuition. And that doesn't cover the cost of ... (more...)
Silence in the Aisles - Egypt Today
Yo ussef Chahine is no exception to the unanswered question of whether art imitates life, or vice-versa. Nobody can tell for sure if the legendary director was simply portraying Egyptian life or if his movies throughout his 58-year career actually ... (more...)
Show your support. - Huffingtonpost.com
There is something very ugly happening out there in the hinterlands these days--a brewing cauldron of racist anger being directed at President-elect Barack Obama as he and his family get ready to move into the White House. It's a mean-spirited ... (more...)
Israeli ground troops invade Gaza to halt rockets - Seattle Times
A picture shows Israeli soldiers on the Israel-Gaza border on Jan. 3, 2009, waiting to deploy into the Gaza Strip. Israeli tanks rolled into Gaza today and launched into night-time battles with Hamas forces after more than a week of air strikes that ... (more...)
University presidents fight English-only initiative - Knoxville News Sentinel
NASHVILLE - The presidents of eight Nashville universities call the city's possible adoption of an English-only ballot initiative "a distressing prospect." The proposed charter amendment would prevent the city from translating written materials into ... (more...)