Sunday, November 27, 2016

A "Boor" vs. a "Bore" - from English Lessons series, or: "How To Not Be a Baby Bore" - from "Mum's The Word"

On "boors" and "bores":

Bourbon ("Boor born" attacks the "Well born"-s, etc.) Street, New Orleans (New Orly - New Eagles - ?!?) Shooting Leaves 1 Dead, 9 Hurt: Police:

"The Bayou Classic is the annual college football game between the Grambling State University Tigers and the Southern University Jaguars."
"You still hitch,
And we still pitch,
That what said The Mayor Mitch..."
"So far, so good... The main thing is, leave the cops and the crowds alone", he added.
Review your transcript for the full list of comments and interpretations. - M.N.
___________________________________________

Boor
Image result for boor
vs.
Bore
Image result for bore 
"A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you."
"And tells you more, much more; more than you've ever expected or wanted to hear, to see, to read, to learn, and to know." - M.N.
Image result for boor
"In other words, a bore-man is happy to expose and to reveal himself in all his natural, unnatural, supernatural, and the tattooed beauty. Ain't it really boring?" - M.N.
http://www.mumstheword.me/2014/04/18/baby-bore/
How To Not Be a Baby Bore - Mum's The Word:
"It just became blasé, or blazeh, not to be confused with Blaise, see below", said Mayor Mitch  Landrieu,  "with the home work remaining".

The End of Lesson




Man is a thinking reed and a thinking bamboo, the strongest of the reeds: not to bamboozle, but to beat a drum. - M.N.


Gurdjieff, De Hartmann-Chant from a holy book-Solaris Quartet


Man is a thinking reed and a thinking bamboo, the strongest of the reeds: not to bamboozle, but to beat a drum. - M.N.


Pascal : Man is a thinking reed. ... This is an excerpt of Thoughts: “Man is a reed, the weakest of nature, but he is a thinking reed. It is not necessary that the entire universe arm itself to crush: a vapor, a drop of water suffices to kill him.
Pascal : Man is a thinking reed - Philosophy & Philosophers
www.the-philosophy.com/pascal-man-thinking-reed

https://books.google.com/books?id=dW4EAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

The full quote sounds much better:

“Man is a reed, the weakest of nature, but he is a thinking reed. It is not necessary that the entire universe arm itself to crush: a vapor, a drop of water suffices to kill him. But if the universe were to crush him, man would still be nobler than what kills him, because he knows that he dies and the advantage that the universe has over him, the universe does knows nothing”

This is the most famous quote by Blaise Pascal, a French philosopher. This is an excerpt of "Thoughts".

In summary, it is the thought that makes man worthy. Two lessons can be drawn from Pascal:
“All our dignity consists then in thought”
“Working to think well: that the principle of morality”
This dual conception of the human condition will greatly influence the existentialists like Sartre, Kierkegaard and Heidegger.

Dust and the Thinking Reed: Conceptions of Human Nature from Blaise Pascal and the Bible 

"думающий тростник"




[bam-boo-zuh l]
Spell Syllables
Examples
Word Origin
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com
verb (used with object), bamboozled, bamboozling.
1.
to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like; humbug; hoodwink (often followed by into):
They bamboozled us into joining the club.
Synonyms: gyp, dupe, trick, cheat, swindle, defraud, flimflam, hoax, gull, rook; delude, mislead, fool.
2.
to perplex; mystify; confound.
Synonyms: befog, bewilder, puzzle, baffle, dumbfound.
verb (used without object), bamboozled, bamboozling.
3.
to practice trickery, deception, cozenage, or the like:
He bamboozled his way to the top.
Origin of bamboozle
Expand
1695-1705
1695-1705; origin uncertain

You mention business dealings in connection with “bamboozle,” which the American Heritage Dictionary defines as “to take in by elaborate methods of deceit; hoodwink.” But it’s worth noting that this is a presidential election year here in the US, and a cynic (that’s me) would say that we’re knee-deep in bamboozlement already with more than two months to go. It’s enough to drive one to guzzling bambooze, if there is such a thing.
What makes dreaming up a nifty story about “bamboozle” so tempting is the unfortunate fact that the actual source of the word is shrouded in mystery. (I like “shrouded in mystery” much better than “unknown,” don’t you?)



The Tin Drum (1979) - Trailer [English Version]

Clinton Backs Vote Recount Effort, Trump Calls It 'Scam'


Image result for Clinton Backs Vote Recount Effort, Trump Calls It 'Scam'

Clinton Backs Vote Recount Effort, Trump Calls It 'Scam'


Story image for Clinton Backs Vote Recount Effort from NBCNews.com

Clinton Campaign Backs Jill Stein's Election Recount Effort: Lawyer

NBCNews.com-21 hours ago
Hillary Clinton's campaign intends to back the statewide election ... of hacking or outside attempts to alter the voting technology, we had not ... on respecting the outcome of the election and calling the recount effort "sad.".
Trump rages as Clinton helps recount
In-Depth-Politico-16 hours ago
-