What name will Emperor Alex choose?
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Considering the fustercluck going on north of the border, I am drawn to wondering what will be the new name for Scotland should the fishy friends gain a Yes vote. They of course will not just stick to Scotland because that's obviously a tainted name driven onto the land by the hateful English! So how about the Gaelic name Alba? Or better still "The Democratic Peoples Republic of Alba". There will be a nice little election giving the SNP 123% of the vote after which Alex will be named Immortal President and Nicola his Eternal Concubine. I'm kind of looking forward to watching this unfold; from a safe distance.
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Considering the fustercluck going on north of the border, I am drawn to wondering what will be the new name for Scotland should the fishy friends gain a Yes vote. They of course will not just stick to Scotland because that's obviously a tainted name driven onto the land by the hateful English! So how about the Gaelic name Alba? Or better still "The Democratic Peoples Republic of Alba". There will be a nice little election giving the SNP 123% of the vote after which Alex will be named Immortal President and Nicola his Eternal Concubine. I'm kind of looking forward to watching this unfold; from a safe distance.
Noble Land of Caledonia?
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Considering the fustercluck going on north of the border, I am drawn to wondering what will be the new name for Scotland should the fishy friends gain a Yes vote. They of course will not just stick to Scotland because that's obviously a tainted name driven onto the land by the hateful English! So how about the Gaelic name Alba? Or better still "The Democratic Peoples Republic of Alba". There will be a nice little election giving the SNP 123% of the vote after which Alex will be named Immortal President and Nicola his Eternal Concubine. I'm kind of looking forward to watching this unfold; from a safe distance.
I always refer to it as Jockland
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Considering the fustercluck going on north of the border, I am drawn to wondering what will be the new name for Scotland should the fishy friends gain a Yes vote. They of course will not just stick to Scotland because that's obviously a tainted name driven onto the land by the hateful English! So how about the Gaelic name Alba? Or better still "The Democratic Peoples Republic of Alba". There will be a nice little election giving the SNP 123% of the vote after which Alex will be named Immortal President and Nicola his Eternal Concubine. I'm kind of looking forward to watching this unfold; from a safe distance.
the socialist utopia of alba (or LA LA land for short)
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Considering the fustercluck going on north of the border, I am drawn to wondering what will be the new name for Scotland should the fishy friends gain a Yes vote. They of course will not just stick to Scotland because that's obviously a tainted name driven onto the land by the hateful English! So how about the Gaelic name Alba? Or better still "The Democratic Peoples Republic of Alba". There will be a nice little election giving the SNP 123% of the vote after which Alex will be named Immortal President and Nicola his Eternal Concubine. I'm kind of looking forward to watching this unfold; from a safe distance.
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the socialist utopia of alba (or LA LA land for short)
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
I think "Utopia" is out because though it is a Latin word it was coined by an Englishman.
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I think "Utopia" is out because though it is a Latin word it was coined by an Englishman.
It is a greek word and unless time travel is real it has definitely not been coined by and Englishman. Cheers!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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the socialist utopia of alba (or LA LA land for short)
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
Sorry LA LA land[^] is taken.
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It is a greek word and unless time travel is real it has definitely not been coined by and Englishman. Cheers!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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So he coined a special meaning of that word. So what? And if the dude wrote in Latin it still doesn't make Utopia a Latin word. It is a greek word, period!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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From the same page in your link :
Etymology [edit]
The term utopia was coined in Greek by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia, describing a fictional island society in the Atlantic Ocean.
The word comes from the Greek: ο ("not") and τόπος ("place") and means "no-place". [1] The English homophone eutopia, derived from the Greek ε ("good" or "well") and τόπος ("place"), means "good place". This, because of the identical English pronunciation of "utopia" and "eutopia", gives rise to a double meaning
So, Greek it is?
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From the same page in your link :
Etymology [edit]
The term utopia was coined in Greek by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia, describing a fictional island society in the Atlantic Ocean.
The word comes from the Greek: ο ("not") and τόπος ("place") and means "no-place". [1] The English homophone eutopia, derived from the Greek ε ("good" or "well") and τόπος ("place"), means "good place". This, because of the identical English pronunciation of "utopia" and "eutopia", gives rise to a double meaning
So, Greek it is?
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From the same page in your link :
Etymology [edit]
The term utopia was coined in Greek by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia, describing a fictional island society in the Atlantic Ocean.
The word comes from the Greek: ο ("not") and τόπος ("place") and means "no-place". [1] The English homophone eutopia, derived from the Greek ε ("good" or "well") and τόπος ("place"), means "good place". This, because of the identical English pronunciation of "utopia" and "eutopia", gives rise to a double meaning
So, Greek it is?
What Chris said. It's like the English word Goulash which is derived* from the Hungarian word but it is still English. * Actually it's the bastard son of the bastard son of a bastardised transliteration from gulyas. Even the meal is a complete enbuggerement; it's a soup ffs and NOT a stew.
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Considering the fustercluck going on north of the border, I am drawn to wondering what will be the new name for Scotland should the fishy friends gain a Yes vote. They of course will not just stick to Scotland because that's obviously a tainted name driven onto the land by the hateful English! So how about the Gaelic name Alba? Or better still "The Democratic Peoples Republic of Alba". There will be a nice little election giving the SNP 123% of the vote after which Alex will be named Immortal President and Nicola his Eternal Concubine. I'm kind of looking forward to watching this unfold; from a safe distance.
How about the Caledonian Union of Northern Territories? :rolleyes:
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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He took two Greek words and put them together to make a new word in a book he was writing in Latin. That makes it a Latin word with Greek roots.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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How about the Caledonian Union of Northern Territories? :rolleyes:
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
that way we can just keep on calling them the same as we do now?
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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How about the Caledonian Union of Northern Territories? :rolleyes:
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
You are my sunshine. :-D
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How about the Caledonian Union of Northern Territories? :rolleyes:
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
I am not laughing! Come "Year -37"* you'll be the first for the "Deep Fried Mars Bar Torture"# [* They'll need a few years to improve themselves up to total anarchy] [# You have to eat the damn thing]
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I am not laughing! Come "Year -37"* you'll be the first for the "Deep Fried Mars Bar Torture"# [* They'll need a few years to improve themselves up to total anarchy] [# You have to eat the damn thing]
I'm not worried - I'll enter a plea bargain and get Death by Haggis and Whisky. :-D
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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I'm not worried - I'll enter a plea bargain and get Death by Haggis and Whisky. :-D
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
crushed by a heard of stampeding drunken haggis's? or force to sit in a room with a load of haggis and bottle of whisky - both of which are just out of reach
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
