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From: Paul Heslop on 28 Jul 2010 01:01 SneakyP wrote: > > Paul Heslop <paul.heslop(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in > news:4C4E7BE8.7F6FE970(a)blueyonder.co.uk: > > > > > wannabe cops who probably couldn't do it otherwise. jobsworths, again. > > I am not sticking up for the policy, it stinks. I'm just fed up > > reading this same stuff from you constantly. I challenge you to make > > at least one positive stand alone post each day for a week. > > > > He can't smile man. That's asking too much of the A > -- > SneakyP > To email me, you know what to do. yeah, I had a feeling it was beyond his abilities -- Paul (we break easy) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/
From: Peter on 28 Jul 2010 07:52 "tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:pgav46hdqc6qigjna9e2g00j46n259heal(a)4ax.com... > On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:51:11 +0100, Alan Dunlop-Walters > <alansworld(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>By the way, it's only the Americans who add II, III, etc, after their >>names. In the UK it's an unknown practice as we have the imagination to >>give our children different first names to their fathers'. But then, >>what would YOU know? > > Well, let's see. There was George I, George II, George III, George > IV, George V, and George VI. Just to pick one example. What > madness. The Edwards and Henrys went up to VIII. > Tony, It isn't good form to stick pins in pomposity -- Peter Sometimes thinks like a Brit
From: bugbear on 28 Jul 2010 08:17 RichA wrote: > Just when you thought they couldn't, imagine this nightmare of an > idea: > > BBC: > the proposed introduction of police reservists - a pool of volunteers > to undertake police duties > > More uneducated, unemployed looney's to add to "special constables" > who are already such a pain when it comes to photography. You're presumably posting from the land of the used-to-be free? http://abcnews.go.com/US/TheLaw/videotaping-cops-arrest/story?id=11179076 BugBear
From: Peter on 29 Jul 2010 08:03 "tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:f5v156dia1ea84665o6ld5tmuudvmse7k5(a)4ax.com... > On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:42:46 -0400, "Peter" > <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote: > >> >>I have a friend , Dominik, from Ireland. When I mentioned he was the first >>Irish Dominik I met, he said it was the custom to name children after the >>saint whose day was closest to the birthday. He figured that had he been >>born a day later. his name would have been Bridget. > > It's not an uncommon name for an Irish male if it's spelled "Dominic". > St Dominic (there have been several, but Dominic of Osma is the most > well-known) was born in Spain. The Order of Preachers, known as the > Dominican Order, is well-known to Catholics. > > You may know of Dominican College in Orangeburg, NY. > > If your friend was born on August 8th, that's Dominic's Feast Day. > August 9th is the Feast Day for Saint Teresia Benedicta of the Cross. > He could have been "Terry". Saint Teresa, by the way, was born > Jewish, became an atheist, and then converted to Christianity when she > was 30. She died in the gas chamber at Auschwitz. > > Nuns, like kings and popes, take on names they were not born with. > Saint Teresia was born Edith Stein but took the name of Teresa (her > spelling) Benedicta McCarthy after Teresa's miraculous recovery from > an accidental overdose of paracetamol (aspirin, to us). > > St Bridget's day is July 23rd, but just for English Catholics. (There > is a general calendar of feast days, and some countries have their own > calendar.) Dominic does not have a day on the English calendar. > > Thanks for bringing up this subject. It reminded me of Dominic Behan > (Brendan Behan's brother) and his songs "The Patriot Game" and > "Liverpool Lou". I'm a collector and fan of Irish music, and I had > to pull out my "The Dubliners" CD and play them. (Not to be confused > with the movie, "The Patriot Games".) > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpOOy7voiZI is one cover of "The > Patriot Game". > I did misspell his name. I should have written "Dominic." As far as his comment goes, he is the sort of guy who was always playing jokes and making wisecracks. I never bothered to check the accuracy of that comment. Since he is from Northern Ireland and not Catholic, I am confused by your reference. And yes, although I am fully aware of the Dominicans and fine work they do in education, I was not aware of the history of St. Teresa. Thank you for the additional information. -- Peter Every factoid increases my understanding of people.
From: tony cooper on 29 Jul 2010 12:23
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:03:00 -0400, "Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote: >"tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message >news:f5v156dia1ea84665o6ld5tmuudvmse7k5(a)4ax.com... >> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:42:46 -0400, "Peter" >> <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote: >> > >>> >>>I have a friend , Dominik, from Ireland. When I mentioned he was the first >>>Irish Dominik I met, he said it was the custom to name children after the >>>saint whose day was closest to the birthday. He figured that had he been >>>born a day later. his name would have been Bridget. >> >> It's not an uncommon name for an Irish male if it's spelled "Dominic". >> St Dominic (there have been several, but Dominic of Osma is the most >> well-known) was born in Spain. The Order of Preachers, known as the >> Dominican Order, is well-known to Catholics. >> >> You may know of Dominican College in Orangeburg, NY. >> >> If your friend was born on August 8th, that's Dominic's Feast Day. >> August 9th is the Feast Day for Saint Teresia Benedicta of the Cross. >> He could have been "Terry". Saint Teresa, by the way, was born >> Jewish, became an atheist, and then converted to Christianity when she >> was 30. She died in the gas chamber at Auschwitz. >> >> Nuns, like kings and popes, take on names they were not born with. >> Saint Teresia was born Edith Stein but took the name of Teresa (her >> spelling) Benedicta McCarthy after Teresa's miraculous recovery from >> an accidental overdose of paracetamol (aspirin, to us). >> >> St Bridget's day is July 23rd, but just for English Catholics. (There >> is a general calendar of feast days, and some countries have their own >> calendar.) Dominic does not have a day on the English calendar. >> >> Thanks for bringing up this subject. It reminded me of Dominic Behan >> (Brendan Behan's brother) and his songs "The Patriot Game" and >> "Liverpool Lou". I'm a collector and fan of Irish music, and I had >> to pull out my "The Dubliners" CD and play them. (Not to be confused >> with the movie, "The Patriot Games".) >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpOOy7voiZI is one cover of "The >> Patriot Game". >> > > I did misspell his name. I should have written "Dominic." >As far as his comment goes, he is the sort of guy who was always playing >jokes and making wisecracks. We of Irish descent are like that, so. >I never bothered to check the accuracy of that >comment. >Since he is from Northern Ireland and not Catholic, I am confused by your >reference. And yes, although I am fully aware of the Dominicans and fine >work they do in education, I was not aware of the history of St. Teresa. >Thank you for the additional information. Naming conventions are family decisions. If there's no family convention that says to name the person a certain way, the mother (sometimes the father even gets a say) picks a name that she likes. In Dominic's case, the name picked follows a convention but the name picked happened to follow a convention of a different group. It may be that the name was picked because someone admired had that name. My mother picked "Anthony" (After either Anthony Eden or Anthony Adverse; both familiar names in the year I was born) because she was tired of the usual typical Irish first names in the family. There is a St Anthony, but that had nothing to do with my mother's decision. It was merely convenient that I had a saint's name so there was no need for saint's name as a middle name. I've never like "Anthony" or "Tony". People want to assume that I'm of Italian heritage and there isn't an Italian in the tree. Nothing against the Italians, but I get tired of explaining that I'm not. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida |