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Re: “Citizens of the World“, Hawaii_what does it mean?
By: Truman Overby Date: July 24, 2018, 5:41 am
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[quote author=Whateva link=topic=334.msg4038#msg4038
date=1532423733]
Oh, come on - it's metaphorical. By saying that you declare,
probably among other lofty qualities, being above the pettiness
of divisions between people based on their
nationality/residence. In the era of memes, it probably doesn't
mean anything in most cases but you can't say it is stripped of
any meaning in general.
[/quote]
Those other lofty qualities are 'important' personal qualities
like being able to distinguish between different wines, knowing
who the hot new designer is, knowing whether your friend (
female ) is wearing the same outfit/dress a SECOND time ( HORROR
of HORRORS ), and being able to distinguish, at a quick glance,
a BMW 750iL from a plebeian 750. I could go on, but you get get
the idea. ::)
P.S. You must also declare loudly, at indiscriminate times, that
you are totally AGAINST THE CLUBBING of BABY SEALS and that the
WHALES MUST BE SAVED!
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Re: “Citizens of the World“, Hawaii_what does it mean?
By: the lost minion Date: July 24, 2018, 5:47 am
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[quote author=Truman Overby link=topic=334.msg4043#msg4043
date=1532428882]
Those other lofty qualities are 'important' personal qualities
like being able to distinguish between different wines, knowing
who the hot new designer is, knowing whether your friend (
female ) is wearing the same outfit/dress a SECOND time ( HORROR
of HORRORS ), and being able to distinguish, by a quick glance,
a BMW 750iL from a plebeian 750. I could go on, but you get get
the idea. ::)
[/quote]
Oh, I have no reason to doubt that. But how does this change the
meaning of the phrase itself? Say a bunch of shallow bimbos
starts citing X [paste the name of any figure you find worthy of
respect because of their ideas] - does this make their ideas
meaningless? Na-ah.
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Re: “Citizens of the World“, Hawaii_what does it mean?
By: Truman Overby Date: July 24, 2018, 5:59 am
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[quote author=Whateva link=topic=334.msg4044#msg4044
date=1532429225]
Say a bunch of shallow bimbos starts citing...
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Since when did shallow bimbos ever have ideas?
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Re: “Citizens of the World“, Hawaii_what does it mean?
By: the lost minion Date: July 24, 2018, 6:02 am
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[quote author=Truman Overby link=topic=334.msg4045#msg4045
date=1532429974]
Since when did the words shallow bimbos and ideas ever appear
together in a sentence?
[/quote]
Huh? Isn't that a common phenomenon: stupid people binge-posting
smart-sounding quotes in social media? Should that affect the
quotes, their authors and the works they were taken from?
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Re: “Citizens of the World“, Hawaii_what does it mean?
By: NealC Date: July 24, 2018, 5:51 pm
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A group of shallow bimbos is not a "bunch". You buy bananas by
the "bunch".
A group of shallow bimbos is a "shopping trip".
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Re: “Citizens of the World“, Hawaii_what does it mean?
By: SHL Date: July 24, 2018, 8:21 pm
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[quote author=NealC link=topic=334.msg4035#msg4035
date=1532422410]
SHL
This was a language question and really should be held off
limits to your US hatred silliness. "Citizen of the world" is
exactly what Jerry and I said it is - meaningless. By
definition a person can only be a citizen of one country - that
is what citizenship is.
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Well, I`m just trying tp get the language straight here so as to
avoid confusing. I`ve heard open-minded people in the US say
they were world citizens and it`s got meaning. What do you mean
off-limits to my „US hatred silliness“?
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Re: “Citizens of the World“, Hawaii_what does it mean?
By: Aliph Date: July 25, 2018, 12:34 am
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[quote author=NealC link=topic=334.msg4072#msg4072
date=1532472688]
A group of shallow bimbos is not a "bunch". You buy bananas by
the "bunch".
A group of shallow bimbos is a "shopping trip".
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I am sorry NealC , I looked up “bunch” in several dictionaries
and it may be used in an informal way for people.
HTML http://learnersdictionary.com/definition/Bunch
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Re: “Citizens of the World“, Hawaii_what does it mean?
By: Alharacas Date: July 25, 2018, 1:07 am
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@Scicolone - I suspect this is what NealC was joking about:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_terms_of_venery,_by_animal
Do go and have a look - it's about one of the most endearing
(and original?) features of the English language.
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Re: “Citizens of the World“, Hawaii_what does it mean?
By: Alharacas Date: July 25, 2018, 1:18 am
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Everyone who's been squabbling here, thanks for making me look
up Weltbürger,
HTML https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weltb%C3%BCrgerbewegung
resp.
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Davis
and
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmopolitanism
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Re: “Citizens of the World“, Hawaii_what does it mean?
By: Aliph Date: July 25, 2018, 4:06 am
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[quote author=Alharacas link=topic=334.msg4079#msg4079
date=1532499489]
Everyone who's been squabbling here, thanks for making me look
up Weltbürger,
HTML https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weltb%C3%BCrgerbewegung
resp.
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Davis
and
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmopolitanism
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Nice bunch of people those Welbürger!
I also read the English article on Wikipedia to freshen up my
knowledge this morning. Glad to find some authors I like.
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