Sounds familiar... but when was it written?

[Mad_Jack_Rabbit]

"Today you find few parents who even once mention study or work to their children. They let them creep about idly, eating and drinking whatever they like, casually dressed in ragged trousers and jackets. Through bad example and lax discipline, children learn to curse and swear, lie and steal. Parents aid and abet such ill-breeding by laughing at small children when they curse or repeat bawdy rhymes. When children stay out dancing 'til midnight or carouse around pubs, father and mother do not tell them off."

Bet you can't guess when it was written.

 

[Vay]

last week? Ok, my serious guess based on language would be around the late 1800s.

Now watch it be from the 1950s, cuz a lot of "guess this phrase" games come from that time period.

 

[Mad_Jack_Rabbit]

last week? Ok, my serious guess based on language would be around the late 1800s.

Now watch it be from the 1950s, cuz a lot of "guess this phrase" games come from that time period.

Nope. 1950s, 1800s Wrong.

 

[Vay]

So was it earlier or later than the 1800s?

You gotta give us a gauge after each guess, ya know.

 

[Mad_Jack_Rabbit]

A clue? I think the language has been modernised a little.

 

[Vay]

Fair enough. How about 1920s?

 

[Mad_Jack_Rabbit]

As Sinatra said, we're going to do this my Vay,

Go back and read the clue CAREFULLY and then think about your last answer. You don't have to be specific. Just give the centuary or centaury depending on your mood for spelling.

 

[Vay]

I thought about it more while I was in the shower andnoticed the error in my guess. I have a bad habit of jumping in first and thinking later, so I'm going to go back to the 1600s

 

[Guest]

It was written just before 06:16AM, 11-15-2002.

Between that and 6:21AM, some modification were made.

 

[kidthor]

Mad_Jack_Rabbit, have you ever been to the local shop?

 

[kallima]

<snip> Bet you can't guess when it was written. <snip>

this passage is paraphrased from "When Fathers Ruled: Family Life in Reformation Europe" pages 132-135. (Cambridge, VA: Harvard University Press, 1983)

reformation europe - 1450-1650

 

[kotori]

Re: Re: Sounds familiar... but when was it written?

this passage is paraphrased from "When Fathers Ruled: Family Life in Reformation Europe" pages 132-135. (Cambridge, VA: Harvard University Press, 1983)

reformation europe - 1450-1650

I wouldn't trust a citation from Cambridge, Virginia. Must be some kinda Harvard-wannabe.

 

[Olivianna]

Re: Re: Re: Sounds familiar... but when was it written?

I wouldn't trust a citation from Cambridge, Virginia. Must be some kinda Harvard-wannabe.

Heh heh.

Anyway, 'pub' doesn't come into use as slang until the 1860s. Still, I'm going to guess that your quote dates from the 1970s-80s. Reaction to punk rock?

It's kind of tricky, ya know, if the language has been "cleaned up," or modernized.

 

[Olivianna]

Wait, that's just fucked up. I found that weird Cambridge, Va, citation through google. The website doesn't even state from which sermons this passage comes. That's just fucked up. Totally. And, I think it was translated (the sermon) from German. Fucked up.

 

[Problem Child]

As Sinatra said, we're going to do this my Vay,

Go back and read the clue CAREFULLY and then think about your last answer. You don't have to be specific. Just give the centuary or centaury depending on your mood for spelling.

Centaury is a herb.

Centuary is not a word.

Century is a period of time equal to 100 years.

 

[Weird Harold]

A clue? I think the language has been modernised a little.

I don't know if this is the specific quote, but Aristotle said something very similar in Ancient Greece -- Circa 90 BCE?

 

[Mad_Jack_Rabbit]

Centaury is a herb.

Centuary is not a word.

Century is a period of time equal to 100 years.

Well spank my monkey with a catcher's mit! You learn something new everyday!

So what's a galiongee then?

 

[Problem Child]

So what's a galiongee then?

It's not in my dictionary. Sorry.

 

[Mad_Jack_Rabbit]

10 Points to Vay. 16th C it is.

Oliviana, I did mention that I thought the language had been modernised.

Where it's from originally, I've no idea. I got it from 'Life in the tudor age,' published by that reputable publishing company 'The Reader's Digest. (My daughter was using it. I was just flicking through it and found that. And the book isn't even mine. It's the misses. Honest. I wouldn't allow things like that in the house but who am I to argue? I'm just the husband.)

 

[Mad_Jack_Rabbit]

It's not in my dictionary. Sorry.

Well that's no bloody good is it?

What if I'm on a TV quiz show and up comes 'What does galiongee mean?' I can hardly answer 'I'm sorry but it wasn't in PC's dictionary.'

Good grief! You really could make a better effort.

 

[RawHumor]

10 Points to Vay. 16th C it is.

1600's isn't the same as 16th Century.

0-100 was the first century, so the 2nd century begins at 101, and so on.

 

[Vay]

10 points....nifty!

 

[Problem Child]

Well that's no bloody good is it?

What if I'm on a TV quiz show and up comes 'What does galiongee mean?' I can hardly answer 'I'm sorry but it wasn't in PC's dictionary.'

Good grief! You really could make a better effort.

I'm not getting you. Is this your stab at humor?

 

[Mad_Jack_Rabbit]

1600's isn't the same as 16th Century.

0-100 was the first century, so the 2nd century begins at 101, and so on.

No but he was closest and I'm feeling generous.

10 Points to RawHumor.

which I'm halving 'cause he spelled 'Humour' wrong.

so the score is:

VAY: 10 points

RawHumour: 5 Points

PC: 0 Points - for having a crap dictionary.

 

[Mad_Jack_Rabbit]

Next question:

When I accelerate do I:

a) gain mass,

b) lose mass,

c) remain a constant mass.


10 Points for the first correct answer.