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Discussion Groups / English Usage / May 2009Force Koran Heaven Ye Sago
Can you read that it says below? It's said it reads as something else. I can't make it out. Force Koran Heaven Ye Sago Hour Force Feathers Brat Horce Upon Cis Count Anent Anew Neigh Shun >Can you read that it says below? It's said it reads as something >else. I can't make it out. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Upon Cis Count Anent Anew >Neigh Shun It's a rewrite of the start of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation.  SignatureJames > On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:37:06 -0700 (PDT), azal...@gmail.com > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this > continent a new nation. in your translation, I don't see 'd' in 'and', 's' in 'seven', 'f' in 'forth' in what I wrote. Maybe I didn't copy the words correctly? >> On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:37:06 -0700 (PDT), azal...@gmail.com >> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >in your translation, I don't see 'd' in 'and', 's' in 'seven', 'f' in >'forth' in what I wrote. Maybe I didn't copy the words correctly? The "d" in "and" is often dropped, not only in rock'n'roll. The missing "s" of "seven" is more of a problem, but I think the defects are probably in the source you copied it from. SignatureJames On 30 Apr, 11:58, azal...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:37:06 -0700 (PDT), azal...@gmail.com > > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > in your translation, I don't see 'd' in 'and', 's' in 'seven', 'f' in > 'forth' in what I wrote. Maybe I didn't copy the words correctly? Repeat after me: Owa Tagoo Siam. Mike M Mike Mooney filted: >> > On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:37:06 -0700 (PDT), azal...@gmail.com >> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Repeat after me: Owa Tagoo Siam. Someone's been inspired by a classic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladle_Rat_Rotten_Hut ....r SignatureA pessimist sees the glass as half empty. An optometrist asks whether you see the glass more full like this?...or like this? > Repeat after me: Owa Tagoo Siam. Oh my, I hadn't heard that in almost 60 years. SignatureJohn Varela Trade NEWlamps for OLDlamps for email >> Repeat after me: Owa Tagoo Siam. > > Oh my, I hadn't heard that in almost 60 years. I first see it on Google Books in 1919. SignatureEvan Kirshenbaum +------------------------------------ HP Laboratories |Oh, forget it: I can't write about 1501 Page Mill Road, 1U, MS 1141 |this anymore until I find a much Palo Alto, CA 94304 |more sarcastic typeface. | Bill Bickel kirshenbaum@hpl.hp.com (650)857-7572 http://www.kirshenbaum.net/ >> Can you read that it says below? It's said it reads as something >> else. I can't make it out. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this > continent a new nation. Whale oil beef hooked! Boi Jasus. SignatureMike. >>> Can you read that it says below? It's said it reads as something >>> else. I can't make it out. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Whale oil beef hooked! Boi Jasus. Yes, it's the famous Gettysburg Equation that occupied the minds of Lincoln's audience as he carried on with his speech: x - (4y + 7) where x = 1863 and y = 20. SignatureJames The answer was 1776 >Can you read that it says below? It's said it reads as something >else. I can't make it out. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Upon Cis Count Anent Anew >Neigh Shun I understood the last line first then the one above it, then I googled. It is part of a well-known speech[1] from American history: Four score and seven years ago our fathers placed upon this continent a new nation [1] President Abraham Lincoln in his Gettysburg Address http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) azalea2@gmail.com skrev: > Can you read that it says below? It's said it reads as something > else. I can't make it out. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Upon Cis Count Anent Anew > Neigh Shun Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth (up)on this continent a new nation For the entire text, see http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address SignatureJens Brix Christiansen > Can you read that it says below? Well enough to know that the "force" in line two shouldn't be there. > It's said it reads as something else. I can't make it out. > > Force Koran Heaven Ye Sago Fours score and seven years ago > Hour Force Feathers Brat Horce our [fore]fathers brought forth > Upon Cis Count Anent Anew upon this continent a new > Neigh Shun nation. It's the opening of Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address". For the form, it's a cheat to use "upon" in line three. It should be "a pawn" or "hup awn" or something. SignatureEvan Kirshenbaum +------------------------------------ HP Laboratories |You gotta know when to code, 1501 Page Mill Road, 1U, MS 1141 | Know when to log out, Palo Alto, CA 94304 |Know when to single step, | Know when you're through. kirshenbaum@hpl.hp.com |You don't write your program (650)857-7572 | When you're sittin' at the term'nal. |There'll be time enough for writin' http://www.kirshenbaum.net/ | When you're in the queue. |
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