Cimarosa wrote a funny opera about that called "Il Matrimonio Segretto" "The Secret Marriage." Where the syphilis laden Count Robinson is courted by the father of two daughters for his money. The daughter wisely decides for the poverty of the healthy stable boy who she secretly marries. Today the dirty little secret is genital "herpes" and it is as common as syphilis was in Cimarosa's time with the genteel class. For a purified PC version of the opera, look it up in Wikipedia. I wonder what Wikipedia thought those Fleur di lis beauty marks were covering up? Remember what Spinoza said about this?
REH From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arthur Cordell Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 10:16 AM To: [email protected]; 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION' Subject: [Futurework] apropos of current economy? A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg nouveau pauvre PRONUNCIATION: (NOO-voh POH-vruh) <http://wordsmith.org/words/nouveau_pauvre.mp3> http://wordsmith.org/words/images/sound-icon.png MEANING: adjective: Recently impoverished. noun: One who is newly impoverished. ETYMOLOGY: >From French nouveau (new) + pauvre (poor), patterned after nouveau riche <http://wordsmith.org/words/nouveau_riche.html> . Earliest documented use: 1877. USAGE: "[Hope's] nouveau pauvre mother, Evangeline, has betrothed her daughter to the wealthy Lord Evelyn Oakleigh in a bid to restore the family fortunes." Ben Brantley; A Glimpse of Stocking?; The New York Times; Apr 7, 2011.
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