A congresswoman asked the question recently. It is a question from a fem-Dem that exposes her ignorance.
There is no 'man' in 'manufacture' in the way there is a 'bomp' in the "bomp bah bomp bah bomp" and a 'ram' in the "rama lama ding dong."
'Manufacture' is built out of two Latin words, manus, manus (fourth declension, feminine) meaning hand, and the verb facere, meaning to make. Etymologically, to manufacture something it to make it by hand, which is something women can do and often do better than men.
It is also interesting to note that manus, manus (the singular and the plural are the same except that the 'u' is short in the singular, long in the plural) is one of the few Latin nouns that is both feminine and ends in -us. Herewith, another reason why there is no 'man' in 'manufacture.'
I could easily go on, and you hope I won't.
But it does raise a question: why are Dems so ignorant? The person in question is a "white, educated female" like so many Never- and Anti-Trumpers. Educated? Here is another word currently badly misused. Graduating with a degree from a leftist seminary doesn't make one educated in any serious sense of the term. We live in a time of inflation and not just of the monetary variety.
Why do Dems and 'liberals' generally have such low standards? It is almost as if they have never met a standard they did not want to erase, erode, eviscerate, eradicate.
I have a lot to say on this topic, but it is time to get to work on more serious writing. There is more to life than sanitizing the spaces befouled by leftists. 'Sanitize' in the sense of cleaning and making sane.
MASA! Make America sane again!
“Maintenance” means holding something in your hands.
Mano + tenere.
I have always like that.
Th Edsels – Rama Lama Ding Dong:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3gIid5pHlc
Bill, all I can say is that if you allow your ataraxia to depend on the literacy, sagacity, and intellectual sophistication of members of Congress, you’re making a very shaky bet.
Malcolm,
I approved your comment, but for some reason it will not appear.
I’ll just say that my ataraxia is in good shape, and that I positively enjoy these skewerings of know-nothings. Besides, it gave me an opportunity to review my Latin. What’s more, some of us are just natural-born scriveners. I enjoy writing, and even more, re-reading what I have written.
Ah, there it is. It just needed some coaxing. I thought my VPN was getting in the way, but I had turned it off.
I cannot imagine a day without a lot of reading and a lot of writing. That would be like a day without chess or coffee or physical exercise or meditation. Just not worth living.
I like these more random, non-philosophical posts. And I learn something to boot.
Bill,
My cacoethes scribendi ebbs and flows a bit these days, but otherwise I wholly agree (I’ll add working on and enjoying music, as well).
Trudy,
Glad you like ’em! You are not put off by the acerbic tone of the anti-Left pieces?
Nope.