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Malsol
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| Henry_Cowell wrote: |
| Always eager to respond to your PMs, Sun. |
Oh thank you GRAND PUBA and master of post editing and authorship. I am so fortunate to be the beneficiary of your largess. To think, I have been invited to sit at the master's knee. |
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Henry_Cowell
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Malsol wrote: |
| Oh thank you GRAND PUBA.... |
What in the world is that?
Perhaps you mean pooh-bah. I'll be happy to tell you the etymology if you want to PM me. I know you don't have a public library nearby. |
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Malsol
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Henry_Cowell wrote: |
| Malsol wrote: |
| Oh thank you GRAND PUBA.... |
What in the world is that?
Perhaps you mean pooh-bah. I'll be happy to tell you the etymology if you want to PM me. I know you don't have a public library nearby. |
Grand Puba -
Master of wit and verbal dexterity, clever wordplay and funky delivery.
I say what I mean and mean what I say. Try to follow now and you may actually learn something. |
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Henry_Cowell
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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The correct word for that definition is still pooh-bah.  |
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Malsol
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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And then there are those who are just not teachable.
Grand pooh-bah -
Pooh-Bah
Pooh-Bah [ p b ] (plural Pooh-Bahs) or pooh-bah [ p b ] (plural pooh-bahs)
noun
Definition:
1. pompous but useless official: a pompous self-important official, especially one who holds more than one office but is ineffectual in all of them
2. important person: a leader, high official, or important person
[Late 19th century. After a character in The Mikado, operetta by W. S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan] |
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Malsol
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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Henry I told you in a PM that I did not want to be your sparring partner. There is a simple reason for that.
I do not like to spar with people smaller (intellectually) than me. |
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Henry_Cowell
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Malsol wrote: |
| I do not like to spar with people smaller (intellectually) than me. |
If that were true, you would have known the origin -- and correct spelling -- of pooh-bah before I pointed out your error. I didn't have to Google it.
QED |
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Malsol
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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I did not use pooh-bah Henry. You did.
I used what I intended to use. You still don't get it. |
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Henry_Cowell
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Malsol wrote: |
| I used what I intended to use. |
Which was the wrong word. Don't get angry with me for pointing it out!!
My wit is not exactly funky, so your word choice was -- um -- inapt as well as inept. But if you want to stick with gangsta-wannabee jargon, that's fine with me. In the hinterlands of China, it probably brings you solace. |
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Malsol
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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Grand Puba -
Master of wit and verbal dexterity, clever wordplay and funky delivery.
Versus
Grand pooh-bah -
pompous but useless official:
Please please tell us you are not an English teacher. |
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Henry_Cowell
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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Well, thanks for referring to me as a master of verbal dexterity and clever wordplay and wit. I rather like that.
pooh-bah: important person: a leader, high official, or important person
That's apt, too.
Bad Sun, you are a legend in your own mind -- and neither a puba nor a pooh-bah! |
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Malsol
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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Guilty as charged.
Now you are dismissed. You can go play with the other children in your corner sand box.
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| Well, thanks for referring to me as a master of verbal dexterity and clever wordplay and wit. I rather like that. |
That was tongue-in-cheek but that lesson will have to wait for you to grow up so you can understand |
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Henry_Cowell
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saint57
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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Gentlemen, can you please stop!!!! I'm waiting for some information about teaching adults at public libraries and you two are going to get this thread deleted.  |
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Malsol
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry!
Hey Henry - you alluded to being a doctor in a private PM.
What? Proctologist or Vet? |
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