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tigercaspian · Post by **tigercaspian** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 3:41 pm

"Parisse - Italy's totem pole"

Mark62 · Post by **Mark62** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 3:46 pm

Missed his half time comments, but did think how sensibly he spoke about concussion in a piece about George North before the match

BeeJ · Post by **BeeJ** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 4:53 pm

tigercaspian wrote:"Parisse - Italy's totem pole"

One definition of totem pole from Macmillans Dictionary reads 'something that is treated with a lot of respect or fear.' I'd say Ugo was spot on.

tigercaspian · Post by **tigercaspian** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 5:53 pm

BeeJ wrote:
tigercaspian wrote:"Parisse - Italy's totem pole"
One definition of totem pole from Macmillans Dictionary reads 'something that is treated with a lot of respect or fear.' I'd say Ugo was spot on.

OED: a post carved and painted with totem figures, erected by the Indians of the north west of North America in front of their houses.

I can accept that Parisse is a totem for Italy or indeed totemic but a totem pole he is not!

I am hopeful Ugo will feed us more gems in due course......

h's dad · Post by **h's dad** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 6:11 pm

tigercaspian wrote:
BeeJ wrote:
tigercaspian wrote:"Parisse - Italy's totem pole"
One definition of totem pole from Macmillans Dictionary reads 'something that is treated with a lot of respect or fear.' I'd say Ugo was spot on.
OED: a post carved and painted with totem figures, erected by the Indians of the north west of North America in front of their houses.

I can accept that Parisse is a totem for Italy or indeed totemic but a totem pole he is not!

I am hopeful Ugo will feed us more gems in due course......

Metaphor
NOUN
1 A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
1.1 A thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else.

Pedant
NOUN
A person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning.

tigercaspian · Post by **tigercaspian** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 7:13 pm

Guilty as charged.....it was a slow afternoon...........

jgriffin · Post by **jgriffin** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 8:47 pm

tigercaspian wrote:Guilty as charged.....it was a slow afternoon...........

I've just had a pedant moment on FB over 'bias', the adjective/adverb being 'biasED'. It's like 'of' for 'have', it's grammatical OCD and I don't care. You have my support, tigercaspian, just make sure it's washed before you send it back.

h's dad · Post by **h's dad** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 10:02 am

tigercaspian wrote:Guilty as charged.....it was a slow afternoon...........

I could say something about glass houses but you wouldn't know whether I was in chokey or watering the plants.

Red Boots · Post by **Red Boots** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 10:23 am

I thought he was Argentinian.

tigercaspian · Post by **tigercaspian** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 1:38 pm

Red Boots wrote:I thought he was Argentinian.

Born there to Italian parents........

Red Boots · Post by **Red Boots** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 6:11 pm

Not Polish then?

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