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Open Thread - Wednesday | 174 comments (174 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Open Thread - Wednesday (4.00 / 2)

Sarkozy was originally spelled Sárközy, which is the aristocrat form of Sárközi, which means c.: "of Mud-Middle".

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Wed Aug 29th, 2007 at 01:59:01 PM EST
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Re: Open Thread - Wednesday (4.00 / 3)

Forgot: the way the French pronounce the "Sar..." sounds like "shit" in Hungarian...

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Wed Aug 29th, 2007 at 02:04:38 PM EST
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Re: Open Thread - Wednesday (none / 1)

okay, Mud Middle - I was thinking of Nostradamus' refrain that mentions Roy Rouge when I read that Sarkozy threatened Iran.

by zoe on Wed Aug 29th, 2007 at 02:13:30 PM EST
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Re: Open Thread - Wednesday (none / 1)

Does Kozy the way that the French say it sound like anything in Hungarian?

This could be very interesting.

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg

by ManfromMiddletown (manfrommiddletown at lycos dot com) on Wed Aug 29th, 2007 at 02:38:00 PM EST
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Re: Open Thread - Wednesday (none / 1)

I dunno about Hungarian, but "shit cozy" is amusing enough for me....

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Wed Aug 29th, 2007 at 02:40:37 PM EST
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Re: Open Thread - Wednesday (4.00 / 4)

Head, please be head.

That would be far more fun.

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg

by ManfromMiddletown (manfrommiddletown at lycos dot com) on Wed Aug 29th, 2007 at 03:09:18 PM EST
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Re: Open Thread - Wednesday (none / 1)

Unfortunately, no.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Thu Aug 30th, 2007 at 02:59:15 PM EST
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