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[pecunium]

The more time I spend looking at other's LJs, the more of these I decide to inflict on the rest of you.

You're Catch-22!

by Joseph Heller

Incredibly witty and funny, you have a taste for irony in all that you
see. It seems that life has put you in perpetually untenable situations, and your sense
of humor is all that gets you through them. These experiences have also made you an
ardent pacifist, though you present your message with tongue sewn into cheek. You
could coin a phrase that replaces the word "paradox" for millions of
people.


Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

Comments

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

Do you know that the name, and the salary reference go together to make a social comment?

If so, kudos, you are the first, if not, I'll explain it to you.

You are the first to comment on the salary reference, so kudos there, in any wise.

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Hmm... well, "pecunium" means "wealth," so... um... Soldiers' pay is better than nothing? That's the only comment I can figure out.

Am I really the only person to have mentioned the "salarium" reference? That's surprising!

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

In English the root "pecun" relates to wealth, in Latin, as an adjective it meant wealth, as a noun it was the fund a slave kept to buy his freedom, so a pecunium would be better than a salary, no?

And yes, you are the first person to comment on it, though I know some of my friends understand it.

TK

OK, I'm impressed...

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You must have actually studied Latin instead of picking up a few terms here and there like me.

BTW, just in case you haven't checked, Ginmar updated her blog today.

Say, isn't it about time for another dumb quiz?

Re: OK, I'm impressed...

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

I have studied it, a bit. Enough that I can decipher it, the scary part is that the name, and the subhead, came to me in a brief moment. That's the thing (rapid concantation, of such disparate things... like the only russian pun I've ever made) which amazes me.

The mind is an amazing instrument.

What it's time for is a couple of posts about my life, as opposed to political rantings, or self induldgent praise by subterfuge.