LL-L "Lexicon" 2009.11.11 (01) [EN]

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From: Hellinckx Luc <luc.hellinckx at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon"

Beste Paul,

On 11/11/09, at 17:45, you wrote:

An interesting case of the relative status of Romance or Classical words
versus Germanic has arisen recently here in Britain.
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Jaqui Janes, mother of British soldier Jamie Janes who was killed in
Afghanistan made the news after she complained about Prime Minister Gordon
Brown's "scrawled" hand-written letter which she said mis-spelled his
name.  Brown rang Ms. Janes, who later commented that "although he must
have said sorry 20 times, he never once offered an apology"....
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She clearly thinks that "Offering an Apology" has some sort of status or
solemnity that "saying sorry" clearly lacks.


Making an apology is never very simple: It's probably better to express your
regret once (and heartfelt) than 200 times in a row.

There's different levels of apologising, just ask the Japanese nation
(especially with regard to China):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_war_apology_statements_issued_by_Japan

Maybe Mr. Brown can learn a thing or two from the past ;=)

Kind greetings,

Luc Hellinckx, Halle, Belgium

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From: Kevin & Cheryl Caldwell <kevin.caldwell1963 at verizon.net>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2009.11.11 (02) [EN]

Uh, how about “forefathers” or “forebears”?  What about “offspring” (OK,
technically speaking, that only refers to one’s children, not later
generations)?

Kevin Caldwell

Laurel, MD

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