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ccp
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Liz Cheney: a Furie or Erinyes
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Reply #800 on:
December 28, 2023, 07:47:32 AM »
possible the word fury comes from "furies" in English otherwise the word is Erinyees:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Furies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erinyes
What I found interesting is Shakespeare did NOT invent this general phrase. I don't know if since he is a white man and lifted this today he could keep his professorship of English at an Ivy league school:
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/hell-has-no-fury-like-a-woman-scorned.html
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ccp
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Speaker "emeriti"
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March 08, 2024, 09:02:43 AM »
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/speaker-emerita-pelosi-it-was-a-triumphant-evening-for-biden/vi-BB1jypzR?ocid=msedgntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=eefff606266d42ff82b87e8b33850abf&ei=25#details
emeritus
i-ˈmer-ə-təs
NOUN
plural emeriti\ i-ˈmer-ə-ˌtī , -ˌtē \
a person retired from professional life but permitted to retain as an honorary title the rank of the last office held
Funny, I never heard anyone refer to Newt Gingrich this way.....
The usual LEFTIST control of language that once used goes to every MSM outlet to be repeated over and over
Like "illegal" is the new "N" word.
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Crafty_Dog
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Alan Lower (Rajen)
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April 10, 2024, 09:36:43 AM »
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-trmw9-15d3ea2?utm_campaign=admin_episode&utm_medium=dlink&utm_source=episode_share
Putting this here for my future reference.
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