Wilbur Hubbard wrote:
: "Thom Stewart" wrote in message
: ...
:: Frogwatch,
::
:: Before you cut off those Lateen Booms, thinks a bit. The Lateen Rig
:: uses
:: a very simple mast; No sail track, No Boom jaws, No Gaff Jaws, No
:: complicated rigging on the gaff to shape the sail.
::
:: The Lateen is a very simple sail and by bringing the Booms together
:: with the sail coming to a point it can be kept simple.
:: AND
::
:: Watch Neal, using Wilbur's name, come Stalking with some kind of
:: STUPID
:: comment(G)
:
:
: Ole Thom, you are a brilliant man. You used to sail the most desirable
: sailboat of anybody here. You are slim, fit and handsome.

thom is more of a man than you'll ever be, neal. at least he's got the
cojones to post with his real name and not morph like a cowardly
net-abusing ****wit.
:
: You know something? You were 100% correct about the STUPID comments

agreed, but entirely unsurprised.

: BG
:
: Wilbur Hubbard

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Chapel was built in the midst, Where I used to play on the green.

And the gates of this Chapel were shut
And "Thou shalt not," writ over the door;
So I turned to the Garden of Love
That so many sweet flowers bore.

And I saw it was filled with graves,
And tombstones where flowers should be;
And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,
And binding with briars my joys and desires."

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"Steve Leyland" wrote in
message ...

thom is more of a man than I'll ever be. at least he's got the
cojones to post with his real name and not morph like a cowardly
net-abusing ****wit.

Don't be so hard on yourself little Stevie!

Wilbur Hubbard

toad wrote:
On 13 Mar, 19:39, Andy Champ wrote:
toad wrote:
I've just read a biography of Boudica.
While we are on the pedantry trail - two Cs, or else you can't misread
it as Boadicea.

Clue: It wasn't misread as Boadicea from an English language text.

The current English language spelling is as I wrote it. (http://
tinyurl.com/2rp6q2) Of course that's academic. Nobody knows if she
really existed. If she existed, nobody knows if she was really leader
of the rebellion or a smaller player. Nobody knows if Boudica was a
name or a title. Nobody knows how the name or title was spelt or what
it really meant. (Boudica probably translates as Victorious but nobody
knows.) Spellings of the name of the Iceni warrior Queen run into
dozens. Some completely unrecognizable as Boudica, some pretty
similar. Voudica is a similar one for instance.

In short, you can, with some credibility, spell the name/title of the
Iceni warrior Queen any way you wish. What you can't do with any
credibility is tell someone else how they should spell it.


Blimey! I'm outgunned!

I admit I haven't read the original sources. My understanding was that
Boadicea came out of a misreading of some 19th century academics
handwriting. This could easily be an urban legend - certainly Wikipedia
disagrees with me on that (and on the spelling...)

BTW Google hits count:
Boudicca 1,080,000
Boudica 260,000
Boadicea 324,000

which tends to say that "current English" is as I have it, even though
I'm wrong.

Still, this is Atrebates country, we wouldn't know about them Iceni lot...

Andy

Andy Champ wrote:
toad wrote:

On 13 Mar, 19:39, Andy Champ wrote:

toad wrote:

I've just read a biography of Boudica.

While we are on the pedantry trail - two Cs, or else you can't misread
it as Boadicea.


Clue: It wasn't misread as Boadicea from an English language text.

The current English language spelling is as I wrote it. (http://
tinyurl.com/2rp6q2) Of course that's academic. Nobody knows if she
really existed. If she existed, nobody knows if she was really leader
of the rebellion or a smaller player. Nobody knows if Boudica was a
name or a title. Nobody knows how the name or title was spelt or what
it really meant. (Boudica probably translates as Victorious but nobody
knows.) Spellings of the name of the Iceni warrior Queen run into
dozens. Some completely unrecognizable as Boudica, some pretty
similar. Voudica is a similar one for instance.

In short, you can, with some credibility, spell the name/title of the
Iceni warrior Queen any way you wish. What you can't do with any
credibility is tell someone else how they should spell it.


Blimey! I'm outgunned!

I admit I haven't read the original sources. My understanding was that
Boadicea came out of a misreading of some 19th century academics
handwriting. This could easily be an urban legend - certainly Wikipedia
disagrees with me on that (and on the spelling...)

BTW Google hits count:
Boudicca 1,080,000
Boudica 260,000
Boadicea 324,000

which tends to say that "current English" is as I have it, even though
I'm wrong.

Still, this is Atrebates country, we wouldn't know about them Iceni lot...

Andy

Wikipedia is not a reference source but a guide to possible reference
sources. Anyone can post anything there and some of what is there is not
accurate.
I am the reincarnation of Boadicea.

On 15 Mar, 20:19, Andy Champ wrote:
toad wrote:
On 13 Mar, 19:39, Andy Champ wrote:
toad wrote:
I've just read a biography of Boudica.
While we are on the pedantry trail - two Cs, or else you can't misread
it as Boadicea.

Clue: It wasn't misread as Boadicea from an English language text.
In short, you can, with some credibility, spell the name/title of the
Iceni warrior Queen any way you wish. What you can't do with any
credibility is tell someone else how they should spell it.

My understanding was that
Boadicea came out of a misreading of some 19th century academics
handwriting. This could easily be an urban legend - certainly Wikipedia
disagrees with me on that (and on the spelling...)

That's true apart from the date, but as a I said above, the mistake
was in translation _from_ ancient Latin. Hardly an indicator of modern
English.

which tends to say that "current English" is as I have it, even though
I'm wrong.

I didn't say you were wrong. _You_ were telling me _I_ was wrong.

"katy" wrote in message
...
I am the reincarnation of Boadicea.

Did Boadicea have yellow eyes, too?

Wilbur Hubbard

Wilbur Hubbard wrote:
: "Steve Leyland" wrote
: in message ...
:
:: thom is more of a man than I'll ever be. at least he's got the
:: cojones to post with his real name and not morph like a cowardly
:: net-abusing ****wit.
:
: Don't be so hard on yourself little Stevie!

heal thyself, doctor!
:
: Wilbur Hubbard

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****ing post? You're very annoying." projectile vomit chick,
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================================================== ====================
"I went to the Garden of Love, And saw what I never had seen;
A Chapel was built in the midst,
Where I used to play on the green.

And the gates of this Chapel were shut
And "Thou shalt not," writ over the door;
So I turned to the Garden of Love
That so many sweet flowers bore.

And I saw it was filled with graves,
And tombstones where flowers should be;
And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,
And binding with briars my joys and desires."

William Blake.
================================================== ====================
"When the Earth has been ravaged and the animals are dying, a tribe of
people from all races, creeds and colours shall put their faith in
deeds, not words, and make the land green again. They shall be known as
Warriors of the Rainbow, protectors of the environment."

Native American prophecy


|\ _.-'~~""'~`'~)
/, ~-,__,,,.'~ ,-;;--''
|,4) ./ ' ; ;/'
'-~~;'@ ( ; ;
_.--'' _.-_..' .;.'
(,_..----''' (,..--''

Meow

toad wrote:

I didn't say you were wrong. _You_ were telling me _I_ was wrong.


Whoah, calm down. My knowledge of Latin is perhaps similar to Jennings:

"Latin is a language, as dead as dead can be. It killed the ancient
Romans, and now it's killing me".

Andy

"Andy Champ" wrote in message
...
toad wrote:

I didn't say you were wrong. _You_ were telling me _I_ was wrong.


Whoah, calm down. My knowledge of Latin is perhaps similar to Jennings:

"Latin is a language, as dead as dead can be. It killed the ancient
Romans, and now it's killing me".

Andy

Latin, you were lucky. Why, when I were a lad we had to cope with
Assyrian.......

On 19 Mar, 07:36, "Duncan Heenan"
wrote:
"Andy Champ" wrote in message

...

toad wrote:

I didn't say you were wrong. _You_ were telling me _I_ was wrong.

Whoah, calm down. My knowledge of Latin is perhaps similar to Jennings:

"Latin is a language, as dead as dead can be. It killed the ancient
Romans, and now it's killing me".

Andy

Latin, you were lucky. Why, when I were a lad we had to cope with
Assyrian.......

LOL! :-)

I used your "Pontius Pilot was taking flying lessons" at a birthday
bash the other week. V good.