On 29 Jul 2009, at 19:15, David Nyman wrote:
> > On 29 July, 17:32, Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be> wrote: > >> Gosh, David, you are a champion for the difficult questions. > > Merci maitre, but I really only meant this rhetorically! Oh! I was a bit rhetorical myself. > On behalf of > the One Here you are very rhetorical. You could even be close to being comp- blasphemous. > I assume that the cavalcade would be the preferable > alternative. I like your answer though. > >> don't count on any body or tierce >> soul to give you a path > > tierce (tîrs) > n. > 1. also Tierce (tîrs) or terce or Terce (tûrs) Ecclesiastical > a. The third of the seven canonical hours. No longer in liturgical > use. > b. The time of day appointed for this service, usually the third hour > after sunrise. > 2. A measure of liquid capacity, equal to a third of a pipe, or 42 > gallons (159 liters). > 3. Games A sequence of three cards of the same suit. > 4. Sports The third position from which a parry or thrust can be made > in fencing. > 5. Music An interval of a third. > > [Middle English, from Old French, from feminine of tiers, third, from > Latin tertius; see trei- in Indo-European roots.] > Tierce a band or company of soldiers; a cask of wine, hence, a similar > amount of other commodities; the third part of a thing or group of > people or things. > Examples: tierce of beef (a cask), 1800; of coffee berries, 1825; of > French claret (cask), 1707; of honey (a cask), 1585; of pork (a cask), > 1800; of soldiers (a band or company); of tobacco, 1886; of wine (a > cask). > > Fascinating. Is any of the above relevant to your meaning? Apparently all of them. I guess you would not count of anybody or soul with 42 gallons (159 liters) liquid. All right? In french "tierce personne" means "third party". I should have use "third party", but my hands did not cooperate; when I type, they are too quick for my brain to follow. Bruno http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
