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Dougini Inner circle The Beautiful State Of Maine 7130 Posts 
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Hmmm, you're right!
...meine liebe Damen und Herren. So...liebe Herren would be the closest approximation? Doug |
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Starrpower Inner circle 4070 Posts
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The first thought that cam to mind when I read the title of this thread was a logic puzzle:
A magician must be a gentleman so... all gentlemen must be magicians. |
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts
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On May 30, 2015, stoneunhinged wrote: Is there a standard title for Molière's "Le bourgeois gentilhomme" in German? Or do they stick with the French title, as is often the case in English?
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts
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On May 30, 2015, Starrpower wrote: That's not a logic puzzle. It's just a common example of a logical fallacy. All bird are vertebrates. All mammals are vertebrates. Therefore all mammals are birds. |
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On May 30, 2015, mastermindreader wrote: Exactly. But you knew what I was getting at. |
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Dougini Inner circle The Beautiful State Of Maine 7130 Posts
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But...as men magicians, we must strive to be Gentlemen! In the highest order! There is no room for crass behavior or .douchebaggery. Our audience is our Crown Jewel!
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arthur stead Inner circle When I played soccer, I hit 1777 Posts
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You're right, Doug ... but sadly, elegance and class are largely a thing of the past ...
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Dougini Inner circle The Beautiful State Of Maine 7130 Posts
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So, isn't it up to US to change that? Or is it a lost cause?
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16543 Posts
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The beauty of acting is that one can act whatever fits the bill but a gentleman hardly fits bill of a magician in some respects.
“The Gentleman is always truthful and sincere; will not agree for the sake of complaisance or out of weakness ; will not pass over that of which he disapproves. He has a clear soul, and a fearless, straightforward tongue. On the other hand he is not blunt and rude. His truth is courteous; his courtesy, truthful; never a humbug, yet, where he truthfully can, he prefers to say pleasant things. [J.R. Vernon, "Contemporary Review," 1869] An humbug on the other hand; “1751, student slang, "trick, jest, hoax, deception," also as a verb, of unknown origin. A vogue word of the early 1750s; its origin was a subject of much whimsical speculation even then.”.
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts
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In German, the closest thing to "gentleman" is "cavalier". No one uses it, however. Just Spaniards and Italians trying to explain themselves.
In English, the word "gentleman" used to be a designation of class. The German "Herr" is approximate to that use. But English moved on, of course, so the class connotation has been lost. As for the contemporary use of the word "gentleman" to mean something like a polite, dignified, respectful person of high moral standard--well, that use doesn't exist in German. And I'm not sure whether it means anything REAL in English anymore, either. As y'all know, I tend to prefer the word "friendly". It's not gender-specific, and it has nothing to do with class or manners. It just means that one does one's best to get along with others in a polite, dignified, respectful manner with high moral standards. But, you know, I ain't gonna change the language. I'm tilting at windmills. |
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16543 Posts
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It meant someone of independent means who does have to work for living in America. America, it was a place where anyone could work to become a gent. One didn't have much chance of doing so anywhere else in the world. Which is why America was called the land of the free with no titles and so on.
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
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The Hermit.jpg "View Profile") Veteran user 301 Posts
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On May 30, 2015, Dougini wrote: I'm not sure gentlemen use the word 'douchebaggery'. 
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Dougini Inner circle The Beautiful State Of Maine 7130 Posts
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Well, I said we must strive! I have a LONG way to go! LOL!
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On Jun 3, 2015, Dougini wrote: LOL! |
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