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New Latin was (I think) the standardised form of Latin used in academic circles up till the 18th century distinct from classical latin (used in the Roman gold and silver ages of literature) and the Church latin used in the medieval era.

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The second meaning is one I have encountered in novels but never really took into my active vocabulary.

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impetrate
v.t. ask for; obtaining by asking. impetration, n. impetrator, n. impetrative, a.

Ferrus

Still, it makes more sense than the French and Spanish Allemand , named after a specific tribe. Not to mention the Anglish...! Although there is a degree of logic there - English being but the first half of 'Anglo-Saxon' - although the Jutes (as usual) are ignored. Actually... after having studied ...

Ferrus

I have occasionally heard the term 'for keeps' instead of 'for good', meaning the same thing.

Ferrus

More fool you! (British, American & Australian, American)
something that you say in order to show that you think someone has done something stupid. You lent her sixty pounds and expected it back? More fool you! 'He's volunteered to work late.' 'The more fool him, then.'

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Perfidious Albion is a cliché ever used by British and French papers to describe the Anglo-French relations, only beaten by the slightly less pejorative entente cordiale.

Ferrus

A most recherché word.

Ferrus

I never intimated as much, rather to suggest that there is perhaps a mispronuciation in the air, and to do so with the express purpose of facilitating discussion.

Ferrus

Sign languages are independent languages, not ciphers of their respective tongues. Hence BSL (and the variants used in various Commonwealth countries excepting Canada) is very different to ASL-FSL family. Indeed, I have read with BSL that the schools spread around the country in the 19th century beg...

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'Tis a word: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/corruptive

And honestly, the attacks American culture comes under here is mild in comparison to some areas of the world (such as France).

Ferrus

I thought it was counterindicative. Or at least that's the word used in The Exorcism of Emily Rose.

Ferrus

Ah fair enough. I suspect the reason that I can to assume such a connection is because the curmudgeons that disapprove of the teenage lexicon usually ascribe its origins to the supposedly corruptive influence of American culture. Ferrus, did those curmudgeons disapprove of the 'corruptive influence...

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Most be something to do with speaking to farm animals all day. Oooohhhh, REAL strong words for someone to be posting on the "Rebel-Yankee Test" forum. :roll: Danger, Will Robinson! Oh come on, far worse aspersions - I refer to the classic insults thrown at the Welsh/Highlanders/New Zealan...

Ferrus

so pastoral, idyll, rural.

mark bucolic-rustic-arcadian Bailey

Bucolic, agrestic.

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