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| Stilldrillin:
--- Quote from: Pete49 on November 18, 2011, 09:03:45 AM ---tell mary I love her...Everly bros been a few years Pete --- End quote --- Pete. Hmmm....... A few years back, it was Laura, and Ricky Valance...... Wonnit? David D |
| AndyB:
You don't happen to write the Chinglish manuals do you? :lol: :lol: :lol: Andy |
| shipto:
--- Quote from: -steves- on November 18, 2011, 02:32:30 AM ---I think No.2 was somewhat more cryptic and congratulations to "around" for working that one out, I would have been there forever. Still not sure how you get Madonna form Mary the Virgin though, just because she sang a song called "like a virgin" maybe, a little far fatched?? Still lost me I am afraid, whereas all the others made perfect sense :) Well done :D --- End quote --- lifted from wikipedia: Madonna is a medieval Italian term for a noble or otherwise important woman, and has long been used commonly in reference to images of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. The word has also been adopted by the English and other European languages. "Madonna", translates as "My Lady". While stressing the personal, if reverent relationship between the Virgin and the devout Christian who addresses her in prayer, it is comparable to the French, "Notre Dame", or "Our Lady". These names signal both the increased importance of the Cult of the Virgin and the prominence of art in service to Marian devotion during the late medieval period. During the thirteenth century, especially, with the increasing influence of chivalry and aristocratic culture on poetry, song and the visual arts, the Madonna is represented as the Queen of Heaven, often enthroned. Strictly speaking, the term "Madonna" should be used exclusively for Italian works, but has become applied much more widely. It is often applied to the same work of art alternately with the title "Virgin". An image in which Mary is depicted with the Christ Child, may be called a Madonna and Child, but is often loosely referred to as a Madonna. It has been quite interesting because one guy at work got that quite quickly where everyone else has had to have the "religion" clue he however struggled with no1 for ages was even saying to me he couldnt get rio out of his head. |
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