Word Of The Day

[oldcolner]

A different take on one word.

MACEDONIA
this is both an established region in Greece and a name for a new country formerly part of Yugoslavia.



This man has spent 23 years trying to find a name that both Greece and the new country accept.
Until a way forward is found the new country cannot join NATO or the EU.

The name New Macedonia is not acceptable to the New Country.
The Greeks worry that use of Macedonia implies the new country may have territorial rights over Greek territory


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40781213

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Are Prim and Alto involved in the negotiations?

[Altobelli]

A different take on one word.

MACEDONIA
this is both an established region in Greece and a name for a new country formerly part of Yugoslavia.



This man has spent 23 years trying to find a name that both Greece and the new country accept.
Until a way forward is found the new country cannot join NATO or the EU.

The name New Macedonia is not acceptable to the New Country.
The Greeks worry that use of Macedonia implies the new country may have territorial rights over Greek territory


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40781213

Interesting information Colner, thanks

[Acido]

My word of the day and of the whole season Alto is RELEGATION.... I think we're going to be worried about it a lot this season.
(fingers crossed of course, but its going to be a struggle)

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Speak for yourself Acido, Burnley will be fine...

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[Acido]

I meant Burnsley as well TEC, we are the same club after all aren't we (according to the Beeb ).
I like those gigs by the way, do they make a Yorkie white rose version ?

[The Bedlington Terrier]

No! but they do one in the official Yorkie flower the Harebell, (Campanula rotundifolia). Their papery beauty belies their extraordinary toughness, like a dour Yorkshireman with short arms and deep pockets.

The Yorkies got sick of being beaten by their Red Rose counterparts from the Dark Side and surrendered the white rose and put the glorious harebell in its place!

[Altobelli]

ANOESIS noun (an-oh-ee-sis)

noun
1. a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.


Quotes

Normally, on my long-distance walks, anoesis descends within a few miles: the mental tape loop of infuriating resentments, or inane pop lyrics, or nonce phrases gives way to the greeny-beige noise of the outdoors.
--*Will Self,*Psychogeography, 2007

The text is pure anoesis, sensation without understanding, devoid of ethical or mythic comfort.
--*Barcley Owens,*Cormac McCarthy's Western Novels, 2000



Origin

Anoesis is an uncommon noun, used mostly in psychology for a state of consciousness in which there is only sensation but no thought. The word is purely and obviously Greek: the first letter, a-, is called “alpha privative” (i.e., it expresses negation or deprivation) and is familiar in such words as atheist or agnostic. The alpha privative is related to Latin in-, as in insensible or indefensible, and to Germanic un-, as in English unhealthy or unusual. The main element is the Greek noun nóēsis “thought, intelligence” (and the opposite of aísthēsis “sense perception, sensation,” from which we have the word aesthetic). Nóēsis ultimately derives from the Greek noun nóos (noûs) “mind, wit.” Nous, rhyming with house, is a colloquialism in British English meaning “good sense, common sense, gumption.” Anoesis entered English in the early 20th century.

[Acido]

No! but they do one in the official Yorkie flower the Harebell, (Campanula rotundifolia). Their papery beauty belies their extraordinary toughness, like a dour Yorkshireman with short arms and deep pockets.
The Yorkies got sick of being beaten by their Red Rose counterparts from the Dark Side and surrendered the white rose and put the glorious harebell in its place!

Soz kid you lost me after the words "No! but they do one..."
The rest of it was just pure Lancy waffle.

[Turfmoorspirit]

Peace ! A truce between two warring parties..