| Re: Phase3 [message #225] |
Do, 07 April 2005 23:37 |
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Andrew C. wrote:
> "Frankymole" <Frank [at] Ask for it on the group.com> wrote in message
> news:clrsd5$3i9$1 [at] newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk...
> [snip]
>
>> Quintessence means the defining characteristics of something, and I
>>don't think Series 5 is going to be the perfect HHGG (surely series 1
>>was that), but then I may be wrong, let's see...
>
>
> IIRC, the 'quint' in quintessential is meant to represent five, and the
> 'essential' part is kind of like saying 'fundamental substance' (essence,
> essential...). So, a kind of literal translation of quintessence would be
> 'fifth element'. The first four elements are (were really) earth, air, fire
> and water, and the fifth one was thought to be some kind of heavenly (uhm,
> words escape me) 'thingy' that often seemed to translate into meaning the
> spark of life that allows big chunks of the other four elements to be alive.
>
> Or something.
>
> Here endeth the lessoneth.
>
> So, anyway, the use of the word 'quintessential' for the fifth 'phase' isn't
> all that clever after all.
>
> A.
>
>
I'm merely replying to see if my newsserver is behaving itself. I know
there's a newsgroup for this but I'd prefer to post to this froup.
Thanks for listening.
Kie,
"Life, don't talk to me about life"
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| Re: Phase3 [message #234 ] |
Fr, 08 April 2005 14:30 |
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In the two thousand and fifth year of Bob, Kieran John's voice said the
following, in wonderful perfect quadrophonic sound with distortion levels so
low as to make a man weep:
> I'm merely replying to see if my newsserver is behaving itself. I know
> there's a newsgroup for this but I'd prefer to post to this froup.
> Thanks for listening.
No problems. I can see your message, if that helps.
--
John Coxon
A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.
Email: john[dot]coxon[at]gmail[dot]com
Website: http://alphacentauri.8k.com
Missing footnotes: http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemowiki.pl?ISFN
ZZ9 - the official HHGG appreciation society: http://www.zz9.org/
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| Re: Phase3 [message #235 ] |
Fr, 08 April 2005 20:13 |
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Kieran John wrote:
> Andrew C. wrote:
>
>> "Frankymole" <Frank [at] Ask for it on the group.com> wrote in message
>> news:clrsd5$3i9$1 [at] newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk...
>> [snip]
>>
>>> Quintessence means the defining characteristics of something, and I
>>> don't think Series 5 is going to be the perfect HHGG (surely series 1
>>> was that), but then I may be wrong, let's see...
>>
>>
>>
>> IIRC, the 'quint' in quintessential is meant to represent five, and
>> the 'essential' part is kind of like saying 'fundamental substance'
>> (essence, essential...). So, a kind of literal translation of
>> quintessence would be 'fifth element'. The first four elements are
>> (were really) earth, air, fire and water, and the fifth one was
>> thought to be some kind of heavenly (uhm, words escape me) 'thingy'
>> that often seemed to translate into meaning the spark of life that
>> allows big chunks of the other four elements to be alive.
>>
>> Or something.
>>
>> Here endeth the lessoneth.
>>
>> So, anyway, the use of the word 'quintessential' for the fifth 'phase'
>> isn't all that clever after all.
>>
>> A.
>>
>>
> I'm merely replying to see if my newsserver is behaving itself. I know
> there's a newsgroup for this but I'd prefer to post to this froup.
> Thanks for listening.
>
My new news server doesn't send spam, so I've got to take this
opportunity to drop a 1991 P dime in the brown ark.
--
Tian
Friday in Palo Alto we had a fossil fools action at the Ford
Dealership. Check out my pictures of the event by clicking
on the picture of Orange cheerleaders at the top of this page:
http://tian.greens.org
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