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Discussion in 'Hull City' started by originallambrettaman, Jun 25, 2021.

  1. DMD

    DMD Eh? Forum Moderator

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    39, 56....Whole lotta Rosie...:emoticon-0159-music
     
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  2. Kalman

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    If I remember correctly, /k/ and /c/ in the Classical Latin alphabet were both used but /c/ was more predominant. They both come from the Etruscan alphabet, which borrowed them from an Ancient Greek alphabet. Etruscan/Old Italic /k/ was from Greek /Κ/ (kappa) and /c/ was from /Γ/ (gamma). In Etruscan, Old Latin and Classical Latin, there's no distinction between /k/ and /c/ as they are both a 'hard' [k] sound. In later Latin, /c/ before front vowels like /i/ and /e/ became [tʃ] in Italy and [ts] > in France, Spain, Portugal etc. Old English used /c/ for hard [k] and soft [tʃ], with the former behind back vowels like /a/, /o/, /u/ etc. and the latter behind front vowels like /i/ /e/ /æ/ /ea/ /eo/ /iy/. It varied between dialects too, and Northumbrian Old English didn't have this palatalisation. That's places in the north have Doncaster < Donnecæster whereas south of the Humber you have Winchester < Wintanceaster. Chester/Cheshire probably has palatalisation because it wasn't actually considered a part of Northumbria but Mercia in Anglo-Saxon times, and they likely spoke a Mercian/Midlands dialect of Old English rather than Northumbrian.
     
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  3. Gone For A Walk

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    Why did KCom pull out?
     
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    Crikey - I only did Latin for a couple of years and it was mostly full of helpful, conversational stuff like "the maidens have adorned the temple in the woods with roses" and nothing really useful for reporting that "our driver has been struck on the postillion by lightning". I'd have stuck with it a bit longer if I'd known it was going to be useful on a football forum.
     
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    Because it didn't want a little kc?
     
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    approx 175k a year for champ and a drop or rise with relegation or promotion
     
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    Ever since the Australian asset strippers McQuarrie bought KCOM they've been penny pinching. Just today they've announced that they've sold off the national side of KCOM.
     
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    I was bang on the button then! :emoticon-0100-smile
     
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  9. Mr Hatem

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    ornasti filias nemus templi rosis
     
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  10. Ernie Shackleton

    Ernie Shackleton Well-Known Member

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    M is a thousand.

    A Roman getting to grips with the decimal system might inadvertantly think MK was a thousand thousand.


    If MK is interpreted in the same way as someone who gives their salary as, say 50K, means 50 thousand.


    So by that (mis)interpretation MK can be 1,000,000.

    The final M then adds a thousand to that to make 1,001,000.



    I wasn't been serious though.


    I doubt any of our supporters are actually ancient Romans who are unaware of either Arabic numerals or the decimal system.
     
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    I shouldn't be so sure, there's some right dinosaurs on here.
     
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    goddit!
     
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