(Email removed) writes:
> I have managed to answer the questions so far, but now they want to know
> what the "know it all machine" said in Barks original version.
> In danish it says "Maaske er jeg trist maaske er jeg glad , maaske vil jeg
> blot sige tak for mad"
> Translates to something like "Maybe Im sad maybe Im happy maybe I just want
> to say thanks for the meal"
>
> So What does the machine say in english?
Maybe I'm glad, maybe I'm sad, maybe I'm just a little mad!
(So the Danish translation tried to keep the rhyme, although only with
two rhyming words instead of three. The Swedish translation is more
literal and doesn't rhyme at all.)
--
Per Starback <(Email removed)> <http://stp.ling.uu.se/~starback/me.html>
"Just in time, words that rhyme ..."
Author
Topic: 199904
(108 messages)
Per Starback
Question about the Know it all machine - Help Needed
Message 91 -
1999-04-28 at 12:16:47
Botto Armando
Know-It-All machine
Message 92 -
1999-04-28 at 12:21:27
IVAR:
Quoting by memory, here's what the machine says:
"Maybe I'm happy, maybe I'm sad, maybe I'm just a little mad".
Ciao,
Armando
Quoting by memory, here's what the machine says:
"Maybe I'm happy, maybe I'm sad, maybe I'm just a little mad".
Ciao,
Armando
Tarjei Kidd Olsen
Disney short
Message 93 -
1999-04-28 at 16:41:10
Hi,
someone asked me if i had any "information on an educational short
film where Donald claims the boys on an income tax form. This would
have appeared in about 1943."
Any ideas?
Thank's!
Tarjei Kidd Olsen
----------
(Email removed)
work: http://www.panacea.no
----------
someone asked me if i had any "information on an educational short
film where Donald claims the boys on an income tax form. This would
have appeared in about 1943."
Any ideas?
Thank's!
Tarjei Kidd Olsen
----------
(Email removed)
work: http://www.panacea.no
----------
Mike Schneiderath
Don Rosa online chat & Duckhunt adress
Message 94 -
1999-04-28 at 17:10:10
This is a first announement for the
Live Online chat with famous Disney Comics Artist and writer
Don Rosa on Sunday 16th of May, 5pm (17:00) GMT!
Local times should be:
Berlin, Paris : 19:00 - 20:30
New York, Loisville: 13:00 - 14:30
LA, San Diego: 10:00 - 11:30
The chat can be accessed by any standard IRC programm:
Server: irc.webchatting.com
Room: D.U.C.K.-hunt
or thru this webpage
http://www.dcomics.org/duckhunt/main/chat.html
AND:
A note to everyone who missed the Duckhunt pages in the last two days:
We had to do an relocation of the pages so the duckhunt can now be found at:
(thanks to Arthur de Wolf and his Disney comics page at www.dcomics.org)
http://www.dcomics.org/duckhunt/main/index.html
The main Domain
www.duckhunt.de
should also be operational very soon again.
Mike Schneiderath
Live Online chat with famous Disney Comics Artist and writer
Don Rosa on Sunday 16th of May, 5pm (17:00) GMT!
Local times should be:
Berlin, Paris : 19:00 - 20:30
New York, Loisville: 13:00 - 14:30
LA, San Diego: 10:00 - 11:30
The chat can be accessed by any standard IRC programm:
Server: irc.webchatting.com
Room: D.U.C.K.-hunt
or thru this webpage
http://www.dcomics.org/duckhunt/main/chat.html
AND:
A note to everyone who missed the Duckhunt pages in the last two days:
We had to do an relocation of the pages so the duckhunt can now be found at:
(thanks to Arthur de Wolf and his Disney comics page at www.dcomics.org)
http://www.dcomics.org/duckhunt/main/index.html
The main Domain
www.duckhunt.de
should also be operational very soon again.
Mike Schneiderath
Botto Armando
Know-It-All, DD short
Message 95 -
1999-04-28 at 18:23:29
RE: Know-It-All Machine
Me>> Quoting by memory: "...maybe I'm happy..."
Per>> "...maybe I'm glad..."
... which goes to prove how little my memory is to be trusted... let's try
to be of some help again:
TARJEI:
List member Patrick Malone manages a very interesting website dedicated to
Disney shorts:
http://www.disneyshorts.org
The short you're looking for might be "The New Spirit" (1942)... However,
that's just a guess!
Ciao again,
Armando
--------------------------------
End of Disney comics Digest V99 Issue #79
*****************************************
Me>> Quoting by memory: "...maybe I'm happy..."
Per>> "...maybe I'm glad..."
... which goes to prove how little my memory is to be trusted... let's try
to be of some help again:
TARJEI:
List member Patrick Malone manages a very interesting website dedicated to
Disney shorts:
http://www.disneyshorts.org
The short you're looking for might be "The New Spirit" (1942)... However,
that's just a guess!
Ciao again,
Armando
--------------------------------
End of Disney comics Digest V99 Issue #79
*****************************************
Luca Boschi
disney short
Message 96 -
1999-04-28 at 21:33:28
Hi, Tarjei Kidd Olsen wrote:
>
You ask...
> Donald claims the boys on an income tax form. This would
> have appeared in about 1943."
> Any ideas?
It's "The New Spirit", distributed in 1942 by War Activities Committee
of Motion Picture Industry. Part of the footage was used again the
next year, in "The Spirit of '43".
Bye,
Luca
>
You ask...
> Donald claims the boys on an income tax form. This would
> have appeared in about 1943."
> Any ideas?
It's "The New Spirit", distributed in 1942 by War Activities Committee
of Motion Picture Industry. Part of the footage was used again the
next year, in "The Spirit of '43".
Bye,
Luca
Oliv
Trescaidecafobia
Message 97 -
1999-04-29 at 01:47:22
To all Italian ones !
What is this melted word :
trescaidecafobia ?
I know the meaning but I don't know how
it is built.
It seems there Latin root with the part "deca"
but "trescai" ?
Is it sounding like a medical term ? a psychatric term ?
Could you help understand the "inside" meaning
of this word ? ;-)
Oliv
No...NO Captain, don't lick that powder.
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What is this melted word :
trescaidecafobia ?
I know the meaning but I don't know how
it is built.
It seems there Latin root with the part "deca"
but "trescai" ?
Is it sounding like a medical term ? a psychatric term ?
Could you help understand the "inside" meaning
of this word ? ;-)
Oliv
No...NO Captain, don't lick that powder.
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Augie De Blieck Jr.
trescaidecafobia
Message 98 -
1999-04-29 at 03:28:53
Hi Oliv,
> What is this melted word :
> trescaidecafobia ?
Probably "triskadekaphobia." (I HOPE I spelled that right. . .)
It means "fear of 13."
-Augie
-------------------------------------------------
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Pipeline Commentary and Review: New Every Sunday:
http://www.nic.com/~augie/pipeline
> What is this melted word :
> trescaidecafobia ?
Probably "triskadekaphobia." (I HOPE I spelled that right. . .)
It means "fear of 13."
-Augie
-------------------------------------------------
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Pipeline Commentary and Review: New Every Sunday:
http://www.nic.com/~augie/pipeline
Rod Davidek
Disney short
Message 99 -
1999-04-29 at 16:02:51
Tarjei Kidd Olsen wrote:
>Hi,
> someone asked me if i had any "information on an educational short
>film where Donald claims the boys on an income tax form. This would
>have appeared in about 1943."
>
>Any ideas?
Tarjei,
This was "The New Spirit", later expanded and re-released as "The Spirit of
'43".
In December 1942, the U.S. Treasury Department asked Walt Disney (as part
of the war effort) to make a cartoon short that would encourage Americans
to pay their income taxes on time. Since they wanted the short in theatres
by February, Walt and his animators worked eighteen-hour days to put it
together.
Walt then flew to Washington to show the storyboards to Treasury Secretary
Henry Morgenthau, who was less than enthusiastic to learn that Mr. Average
Taxpayer was to be played by Donald Duck, but he reluctantly agreed.
The Treasury Department ordered 1100 prints of the cartoon to saturate U.S.
theatres before the tax deadline, which in those days was March 15. The
cost of creating so many Technicolor copies inflated Disney's costs from
the agreed-upon $43,000 to $80,000. Walt was accused by some of being a war
profiteer, which was especially unfair because he lost money during this
episode -- theatres used the "free" cartoon to replace the Donald Duck
short that they otherwise would have shown and paid for.
However, the cartoon was so successful (a Gallup Poll indicated that it had
directly affected the willingness of 37 percent of U.S. taxpayers to pay
their taxes on time) that the Treasury Department gave Disney another
$20,000 to rework and expand "The New Spirit". The result was called "The
Spirit of '43" and featured a segment where Donald is torn between two
alter egos: a zoot-suited spendthrift and a thrifty Scotsman who looks and
acts a lot like Uncle $crooge.
Considering that it was rushed to production, that it was pieced together
in a somewhat slapdash way, and that the subject matter is dated, "The
Spirit of '43" is actually very entertaining. I don't have a copy of it at
hand, but I've seen it several times and I know that at least parts of it
have been run from time to time on the World of Disney TV show.
- Rod -
>Hi,
> someone asked me if i had any "information on an educational short
>film where Donald claims the boys on an income tax form. This would
>have appeared in about 1943."
>
>Any ideas?
Tarjei,
This was "The New Spirit", later expanded and re-released as "The Spirit of
'43".
In December 1942, the U.S. Treasury Department asked Walt Disney (as part
of the war effort) to make a cartoon short that would encourage Americans
to pay their income taxes on time. Since they wanted the short in theatres
by February, Walt and his animators worked eighteen-hour days to put it
together.
Walt then flew to Washington to show the storyboards to Treasury Secretary
Henry Morgenthau, who was less than enthusiastic to learn that Mr. Average
Taxpayer was to be played by Donald Duck, but he reluctantly agreed.
The Treasury Department ordered 1100 prints of the cartoon to saturate U.S.
theatres before the tax deadline, which in those days was March 15. The
cost of creating so many Technicolor copies inflated Disney's costs from
the agreed-upon $43,000 to $80,000. Walt was accused by some of being a war
profiteer, which was especially unfair because he lost money during this
episode -- theatres used the "free" cartoon to replace the Donald Duck
short that they otherwise would have shown and paid for.
However, the cartoon was so successful (a Gallup Poll indicated that it had
directly affected the willingness of 37 percent of U.S. taxpayers to pay
their taxes on time) that the Treasury Department gave Disney another
$20,000 to rework and expand "The New Spirit". The result was called "The
Spirit of '43" and featured a segment where Donald is torn between two
alter egos: a zoot-suited spendthrift and a thrifty Scotsman who looks and
acts a lot like Uncle $crooge.
Considering that it was rushed to production, that it was pieced together
in a somewhat slapdash way, and that the subject matter is dated, "The
Spirit of '43" is actually very entertaining. I don't have a copy of it at
hand, but I've seen it several times and I know that at least parts of it
have been run from time to time on the World of Disney TV show.
- Rod -
Moss, Thomas
Question about the Know it all machine - Help Needed
Message 100 -
1999-04-30 at 03:08:16
In English, the machine says "Maybe it's sad, maybe it's glad, maybe
it's a little mad". I just re-read this one the other day, so you had good
timing for the question!
Tom Moss
-----Original Message-----
From: (Email removed) [mailto:(Email removed)]
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 3:54 PM
To: (Email removed)
Subject: Question about the Know it all machine - Help Needed
Hi there Fellow Quackers
I have been involved in a discussion that goes on in the electronic version
of the Danish paper "Politiken" about:
Disney comics story W US 22-04 Gyro Gearloose:
The Know-It-All Machine Following the advice of a machine he has just
built,
Gyro tries to catch a bird in order to ask it why it sings. [Summary by
Jonathan M.
I have managed to answer the questions so far, but now they want to know
what the "know it all machine" said in Barks original version.
In danish it says "Maaske er jeg trist maaske er jeg glad , maaske vil jeg
blot sige tak for mad"
Translates to something like "Maybe Im sad maybe Im happy maybe I just want
to say thanks for the meal"
So What does the machine say in english?
;-) Ivar
--------------------------------
End of Disney comics Digest V99 Issue #80
*****************************************
it's a little mad". I just re-read this one the other day, so you had good
timing for the question!
Tom Moss
-----Original Message-----
From: (Email removed) [mailto:(Email removed)]
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 3:54 PM
To: (Email removed)
Subject: Question about the Know it all machine - Help Needed
Hi there Fellow Quackers
I have been involved in a discussion that goes on in the electronic version
of the Danish paper "Politiken" about:
Disney comics story W US 22-04 Gyro Gearloose:
The Know-It-All Machine Following the advice of a machine he has just
built,
Gyro tries to catch a bird in order to ask it why it sings. [Summary by
Jonathan M.
I have managed to answer the questions so far, but now they want to know
what the "know it all machine" said in Barks original version.
In danish it says "Maaske er jeg trist maaske er jeg glad , maaske vil jeg
blot sige tak for mad"
Translates to something like "Maybe Im sad maybe Im happy maybe I just want
to say thanks for the meal"
So What does the machine say in english?
;-) Ivar
--------------------------------
End of Disney comics Digest V99 Issue #80
*****************************************
Gerry Tank
For Augie De Blieck, Jr
Message 101 -
1999-04-30 at 04:28:51
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The term in English is triskaidekaphobia and it means the abnormal fear =
of the number 13.
The term is of Greek origin and breaks down as 3 and 10 and the word =
phobia. gwt
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The term in English is triskaidekaphobia and it means the abnormal fear =
of the number 13.
The term is of Greek origin and breaks down as 3 and 10 and the word =
phobia. gwt
Dr. Archontis Pantsios
Story of the Week
Message 102 -
1999-04-30 at 06:11:47
Fellow Quackeroos:
From now on, once a week (or so), I aspire to write a short (OK, maybe long
once in a while) piece on the story that most struck my fancy among the ones
read (or re-read) during the previous week's period. A sort of comics'
"Siskel and Ebert", without the "Ebert" part! :-)
My first pick: "Paperon de' Paperoni Visir di Papatoa": Originally printed
in TL #352, 1962; Greek re-print in "KLASIKA" #121, Nov.- Dec. 1992 (Greek
title "The Master of the Golden Wing"). Art: Romano Scarpa, Script: Rodolfo
Cimino.
*Story's Synopsis*: Scrooge McDuck is facing the terrible prospect of having
to pay huge sums of money in back (and future) taxes and this is tearing him
apart. Looking for ways to avoid this calamity that threatens his
well-being, he seeks the advice of his lawyer. After a couple of failed
attempts, his lawyer comes back with a sure-fire plan: Scrooge can become
head of the state ("L'etat c'est moi"!) in far-off Papatoa ("Golden Wing"),
whose citizens are about to elect their new chief ("visier")! Their law
states that its citizens must protect their state's (hence Scrooge's)
belongings!
Scrooge leaves Duckburg mysteriously, and a few days later instructs Donald
to load the Money Bin's contents into a huge tanker and send it off to
Papatoa. A month later a letter invites Donald and the kids to Papatoa,
where Scrooge has set himself up as the "visier" of his adopted, new
country! Donald and the kids take the boat to tropical Papatoa, and dock at
the island a few days later. Scrooge explains to them how he managed to get
himself elected chief by bribing the natives and how his money is now at the
protection of his "subjects".
The first days pass peacefully at the island-paradise. Scrooge is enjoying
his Prime Minister's (his lawyer!) new edicts (like fresh fish to the chief
each morning!), Donald is having the rest he was always dreaming of, and the
kids go 'round the island verifying the natives' adoration of their new
"visier". Everything seems to be idyllic until one day...
...a ship appears on the horizon. Scrooge initially sends his guards (more
about them later on!) to man the cannons, but just in the nick of bombing
time he reads a message from the ship that it's only a merchant ship looking
to buy tropical fruit. As they land, we see the "merchants" are the Beagle
Boys, disguised as rich Arabs! After a feast, they ask Scrooge to sell to
them "20,000 coconuts, 30,000 bananas, 100 baskets of pineapples, and
40,000...."! Scrooge doesn't own such fruit trees on the island, but he's
convinced by his lawyer-turned-Prime-Minister that he can extract these by
levying taxes (in kind!) on his subjects! Despite the kids' objections,
Scrooge issues a tax edict, collects the required amount of fruits, and
makes the sale to the "Arab merchants"!
What's the plan of the disguised Beagles? They hope that by imposing these
steep taxes, Scrooge will lose his popularity with his "subjects", and hence
in the next elections he'll be toppled by one of them! Bang!, they'll get
all his money that's now stashed in a new Money Bin, identical to the one in
Duckburg. To that end, they secretly come back to the island and campaign
against Scrooge who is losing his popularity very fast as he's levying more
and more taxes. Luckily, the kids get wind of the Beagles' plans, and inform
their uncle. Scrooge and the boys decide to secretly (during the night-time)
build huge rafts, where they move Scrooge's money from the new Bin, and head
for Duckburg. The story ends as the Ducks are rowing on the rafts that bulge
with money, with a sign reading "Duckburg: 7,000 miles".
*Observations*: This is a delightful story, surely among the best scripted
by Rodolfo Cimino. Can you guess which story came to my mind as I were
reading this? Right!, Don Rosa's "His Majesty McDuck"! There are so many
similar elements in the two story-lines: the basic premise of saving on
taxes by creating a separate state or getting elected as the chief of a
remote island-nation propel both stories, with the threat coming in both
cases by possible power usurpers. I'm pretty sure that Don has never read
"Visir di Papatoa", but the similarities are incredible. It just goes to
show that a good idea is hard to resist.
The story is full of funny scenes and lines: at one point, Scrooge's lawyer
reads the following advise from his grandfather's diary: "When you earn a
dollar, give half of it to your enemies and half of it to your friends; this
way you'll always be happy and serene"! You can imagine Scrooge's reaction.
And then, when Donald and the kids approach the island of Papatoa, they see
a replica of the Money Bin, with a crown on top of it! A sign on the dock
reads "Landing tax: $1"! And Scrooge's guards are a real sight! They are
typical half-naked natives, wearing German WWI-looking helmets!!! And a
reception by "visier" Scrooge McDuck costs $2! "Visier" Scrooge has a throne
in his new Money Bin, and he wears a crown and holds a sceptre and all!
And another funny scene: when Scrooge passes out, Donald is pouring on him a
pitcher full of...golden coins!
Overall grade: A-/B+
Cheers,
Archontis
From now on, once a week (or so), I aspire to write a short (OK, maybe long
once in a while) piece on the story that most struck my fancy among the ones
read (or re-read) during the previous week's period. A sort of comics'
"Siskel and Ebert", without the "Ebert" part! :-)
My first pick: "Paperon de' Paperoni Visir di Papatoa": Originally printed
in TL #352, 1962; Greek re-print in "KLASIKA" #121, Nov.- Dec. 1992 (Greek
title "The Master of the Golden Wing"). Art: Romano Scarpa, Script: Rodolfo
Cimino.
*Story's Synopsis*: Scrooge McDuck is facing the terrible prospect of having
to pay huge sums of money in back (and future) taxes and this is tearing him
apart. Looking for ways to avoid this calamity that threatens his
well-being, he seeks the advice of his lawyer. After a couple of failed
attempts, his lawyer comes back with a sure-fire plan: Scrooge can become
head of the state ("L'etat c'est moi"!) in far-off Papatoa ("Golden Wing"),
whose citizens are about to elect their new chief ("visier")! Their law
states that its citizens must protect their state's (hence Scrooge's)
belongings!
Scrooge leaves Duckburg mysteriously, and a few days later instructs Donald
to load the Money Bin's contents into a huge tanker and send it off to
Papatoa. A month later a letter invites Donald and the kids to Papatoa,
where Scrooge has set himself up as the "visier" of his adopted, new
country! Donald and the kids take the boat to tropical Papatoa, and dock at
the island a few days later. Scrooge explains to them how he managed to get
himself elected chief by bribing the natives and how his money is now at the
protection of his "subjects".
The first days pass peacefully at the island-paradise. Scrooge is enjoying
his Prime Minister's (his lawyer!) new edicts (like fresh fish to the chief
each morning!), Donald is having the rest he was always dreaming of, and the
kids go 'round the island verifying the natives' adoration of their new
"visier". Everything seems to be idyllic until one day...
...a ship appears on the horizon. Scrooge initially sends his guards (more
about them later on!) to man the cannons, but just in the nick of bombing
time he reads a message from the ship that it's only a merchant ship looking
to buy tropical fruit. As they land, we see the "merchants" are the Beagle
Boys, disguised as rich Arabs! After a feast, they ask Scrooge to sell to
them "20,000 coconuts, 30,000 bananas, 100 baskets of pineapples, and
40,000...."! Scrooge doesn't own such fruit trees on the island, but he's
convinced by his lawyer-turned-Prime-Minister that he can extract these by
levying taxes (in kind!) on his subjects! Despite the kids' objections,
Scrooge issues a tax edict, collects the required amount of fruits, and
makes the sale to the "Arab merchants"!
What's the plan of the disguised Beagles? They hope that by imposing these
steep taxes, Scrooge will lose his popularity with his "subjects", and hence
in the next elections he'll be toppled by one of them! Bang!, they'll get
all his money that's now stashed in a new Money Bin, identical to the one in
Duckburg. To that end, they secretly come back to the island and campaign
against Scrooge who is losing his popularity very fast as he's levying more
and more taxes. Luckily, the kids get wind of the Beagles' plans, and inform
their uncle. Scrooge and the boys decide to secretly (during the night-time)
build huge rafts, where they move Scrooge's money from the new Bin, and head
for Duckburg. The story ends as the Ducks are rowing on the rafts that bulge
with money, with a sign reading "Duckburg: 7,000 miles".
*Observations*: This is a delightful story, surely among the best scripted
by Rodolfo Cimino. Can you guess which story came to my mind as I were
reading this? Right!, Don Rosa's "His Majesty McDuck"! There are so many
similar elements in the two story-lines: the basic premise of saving on
taxes by creating a separate state or getting elected as the chief of a
remote island-nation propel both stories, with the threat coming in both
cases by possible power usurpers. I'm pretty sure that Don has never read
"Visir di Papatoa", but the similarities are incredible. It just goes to
show that a good idea is hard to resist.
The story is full of funny scenes and lines: at one point, Scrooge's lawyer
reads the following advise from his grandfather's diary: "When you earn a
dollar, give half of it to your enemies and half of it to your friends; this
way you'll always be happy and serene"! You can imagine Scrooge's reaction.
And then, when Donald and the kids approach the island of Papatoa, they see
a replica of the Money Bin, with a crown on top of it! A sign on the dock
reads "Landing tax: $1"! And Scrooge's guards are a real sight! They are
typical half-naked natives, wearing German WWI-looking helmets!!! And a
reception by "visier" Scrooge McDuck costs $2! "Visier" Scrooge has a throne
in his new Money Bin, and he wears a crown and holds a sceptre and all!
And another funny scene: when Scrooge passes out, Donald is pouring on him a
pitcher full of...golden coins!
Overall grade: A-/B+
Cheers,
Archontis
Kriton Kyrimis
Disney comics Digest V99 #80
Message 103 -
1999-04-30 at 11:40:14
OLIV:
> What is this melted word :
> trescaidecafobia ?
This is a composite of greek words:
Treis = three
Kai = and/plus
Deca = ten
Phobia = fear
Treiskaidecaphobia = fear of three plus ten = fear of the number thirteen!
I'm not sure the word actually exists in Greek, but if it does, it is
pronounced trisskethekafovEEa, with the "th" pronounced as in the
english word "the").
Your resident greek etymology freak,
Kriton (e-mail: (Email removed))
(WWW: http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis
-----
"Some might say that I was educated *too* well; that despite my father's
hopes, I developed a sense of morality."
-----
> What is this melted word :
> trescaidecafobia ?
This is a composite of greek words:
Treis = three
Kai = and/plus
Deca = ten
Phobia = fear
Treiskaidecaphobia = fear of three plus ten = fear of the number thirteen!
I'm not sure the word actually exists in Greek, but if it does, it is
pronounced trisskethekafovEEa, with the "th" pronounced as in the
english word "the").
Your resident greek etymology freak,
Kriton (e-mail: (Email removed))
(WWW: http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis
-----
"Some might say that I was educated *too* well; that despite my father's
hopes, I developed a sense of morality."
-----
Dr. Archontis Pantsios
Treis kai Deka = 13
Message 104 -
1999-04-30 at 13:30:35
OLIVER:
>To all Italian ones !
Maybe you meant to "all Greek ones"! :-)
AUGIE TO OLIVER:
>> What is this melted word :
>> trescaidecafobia ?
>
>Probably "triskadekaphobia." (I HOPE I spelled that right. . .)
>
>It means "fear of 13."
It's a Greek word: "Treis" means "three" (3). "Deka" means "ten" (10). "Kai"
means "and". Everyone knows what "phobia" means. Hence, 3 + 10 = 13, "the
fear of 13", as Augie wrote above.
Cheers,
Archontis
>To all Italian ones !
Maybe you meant to "all Greek ones"! :-)
AUGIE TO OLIVER:
>> What is this melted word :
>> trescaidecafobia ?
>
>Probably "triskadekaphobia." (I HOPE I spelled that right. . .)
>
>It means "fear of 13."
It's a Greek word: "Treis" means "three" (3). "Deka" means "ten" (10). "Kai"
means "and". Everyone knows what "phobia" means. Hence, 3 + 10 = 13, "the
fear of 13", as Augie wrote above.
Cheers,
Archontis
Oliv
Triscaidecafobia
Message 105 -
1999-04-30 at 16:33:27
To all Italian ones !
What is this melted word :
triscaidecafobia ?
*I know the meaning* but I don't know how
it is built.
It seems there Latin root with the part "deca"
but "triscai" ?
Is it sounding like a medical term ? a psychatric term ?
Could you help understand the "inside" meaning
of this word ? ;-)
Oliv
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What is this melted word :
triscaidecafobia ?
*I know the meaning* but I don't know how
it is built.
It seems there Latin root with the part "deca"
but "triscai" ?
Is it sounding like a medical term ? a psychatric term ?
Could you help understand the "inside" meaning
of this word ? ;-)
Oliv
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