Seeing the attempts at translating old Italian from Le Pompe reminded me of
the motto for Poole (the town where I live):
Ad morem villae de Poole
Remembering what I could of Latin learn at school, my literal translation
was To death villagers of Poole rearranged to Death to the villagers of
from what i remember of the italian i learnt at school, men should stand
for meno which means less ...and più means more .. non più=no more/no
longuer ...
so the quotation could mean: a work which is no less beautiful than
useful and necessary and not sold any longer ... at light ? that part is
On Sun, 8 Apr 2007 08:25:02 +0100, Jean wrote:
Seeing the attempts at translating old Italian from Le Pompe reminded me of
the motto for Poole (the town where I live):
Ad morem villae de Poole
Remembering what I could of Latin learn at school, my literal translation
was To death villagers of
sorry to cross post but I'd like to advertise the Grampian Gathering to as
wide an audience as possible. It's the lace day of the North East of Scotland
(UK) and this year is being held on Sat 5th May from 10am to 3.30pm in Kemnay
Village Hall. Tickets are £3.00, tea coffee provided, bring a
Remove the ruddy and put in bloody. 'Bloody son of a bitch'. I used to
use the word 'bloody' a lot as a child. My great grandfather used it a
lot and I picked it up from him. I was told it was NOT a nice word and
was not allowed to say it in the context I was using it. (Bloody dog,
bloody cat,
Greetings, All!
A friend forwarded this to me. Good news, I think ... today sewing, tomorrow
lacemaking? :)
Regards from spring-rainy Utah
Ricki
~~~
Designs in Machine Embroidery
April 3, 2007
The text is
Opera non men bella, che utile, necessaria, et non piu *veduta* in
luce.
Typo in the e-mail, and once in babelfish. Now I have it as something to
do with 'seeing'
It's not venduta; it's veduta -- in both books
(yes)
I think it's, probably, something like works not merely
A chicken farmer went to a local bar, sat next to a woman, and ordered
a glass of champagne. The woman perks up and says, How about that? I
just ordered a glass of champagne, too! What a coincidence, he
said, This is a special day for me, I'm celebrating. This is a
special day for me, too, and
Dear Jean,
I think you'll find that towards death in Latin is ad mortem
What a difference once little letter can make :)
Can't recall what morem is though.
David in Ballarat
Seeing the attempts at translating old Italian from Le Pompe
reminded me of the motto for Poole (the town where I live):
David is right ad mortem was what I was recalling when I read the Poole
motto as 'death'. Still think my version's better than the official one.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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From: Martha Krieg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: April 8, 2007 1:37:46 EDT
To: Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Italian quote in Le Pompe book
On Apr 7, 2007, at 20:41, Bev Walker wrote:
Hi Jeanette
What a treat to get 2 digests in one day.
But my take on the Archaic Saying is that the M sound of muddy is
intended (working toward mother) -- just a little surprised that we
are talking about pitch instead of fish as that would seem to supply
the invective not suitable for the ears of
Spiders,
I forwarded this business to my mother, whose Italian is meno moso
(more or less still there -- she and my late father used to speak a lot
of Italian; it was the only other language they shared that I couldn't
understand. Very useful for adult speak not for children).
She informs me
Whether it happened to be spelled che or chi, in this case it means
than - medieval spelling isn't always exact.
At 6:03 PM -0400 4/8/07, Thurlow Weed wrote:
Spiders,
I forwarded this business to my mother, whose Italian is meno moso
(more or less still there -- she and my late father used
I am glad to hear sewing is coming back. I have sewn since I learned in Home
Economics in Jr. High many years ago. I haven't sewn in some years now, but I
do know how. Walmart I believe is getting rid of all their sewing departments.
What a shame when things may be on the upswing. Here in the
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