[Ansteorra] Marshalette Secretary needed
Ld.blackmoon
ld.blackmoon at cox.net
Thu May 26 15:52:45 PDT 2011
greetings
i don't know , as a distraction, i'm pretty certain that a bunch of big
burly guys in dresses and combat boots ,spinning marshals batons and headed
for the trimarin lines , would more than get their attention ; )
if nothing else , it could send them all running for the local purveyer of
brain bleach, or the local brewers , or both...
Be Safe , Be Happy, Have Fun .
Arthur
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim McDaniel" <tmcd at panix.com>
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Marshalette Secretary needed
> On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Jean Paul de Sens <
> jeanpauldesens at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Tim McDaniel <tmcd at panix.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 26 May 2011, Colleen/Keally <ldycolleenokelly at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Marshalette Secretary
>>>>
>>>
>>> Why am I suddenly having a vision of burly marshals, all of them
>>> wearing little skirts and uniforms, advancing in a line across the
>>> field twirling their staves in unison to the playing of a marching
>>> band?
>>
>> I am unwilling to comment on what life experiences you have had that
>> would lead you to such visions and would *beg* you not share those
>> kinds of visions with us in the future....
>
> Perhaps I was being too elliptical, making it all go all pear-shaped?
>
> I was hoping to imply, lightly and humorously, that the spelling was
> not quite correct.
>
> -ate: "As a noun suffix, it marks the agent; as, curate, delegate. It
> also sometimes marks the office or dignity; as, tribunate."
>
> -ette:
>
> 1. used with some nouns to make nouns describing something small
>
> a kitchenette (=a small kitchen)
>
> 2. used with some nouns to make nouns referring to women
>
> usherette (=a woman whose job is to take people to their seats
> in a theater)
>
> 3. used with some nouns to make nouns meaning a substance that looks
> like something else
>
> leatherette (=a substance that looks like leather)
>
> So "Marshalate Secretary" would be the secretary for the office of
> marshals.
>
> A "Marshalette Secretary" would be a secretary for small marshals, for
> female marshals, or for imitation marshals.
>
> Except I saw "Marshalette" and first misread it as "Majorette", hence
>>> wearing little skirts and uniforms, advancing in a line across the
>>> field twirling their staves in unison to the playing of a marching
>>> band
>
> Danielis de Lindecolina
> --
> Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com
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