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bethany edstrom (bethanyedstrom@hotmail.com)
Sat, 26 Jun 1999 11:23:07 -0500 (CDT)
Also--read Ian Hamilton's biography and note that "you're a real prince of a
guy" was a favorite insult of the young JDS.
>
>I was tempted to say, when the original post started out, "tell me if
>I've gone too far," to say, "Stop" when he started quoting Latin roots.
>It's interesting and all, but I don't think it necessarily connects with
>Holden's use of the word. I think I trust more the association of
>Holden's use with New Yawk slang than anything. It seems to me that
>whenever he calls someone a "prince" (which carries with it associations
>with nobility, class, etc.), they're acting the exact opposite. Namely,
>rudely inconsiderate. I'll betcha if you go through Catcher you'd see
>that. Pretty much every time Holden calls someone a prince, they were
>being rude and inconsiderate.
>
>Jim Rovira
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>
>On Sat, 26 Jun 1999 02:02:05 -0400 (EDT) JediMars@aol.com writes:
> >hehe... ok
> >forgot about that..
> >(haven't taken latin in a few years..)
> >
> >In a message dated 6/26/99 1:58:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> >aaron.brager@writeme.com writes:
> >
> ><< right, but princeps is from primus & capere as well, and I quote:
> >
> > <<princeps (leader, initiator); from primus (first) and capere (to
> >take)>>
> >
> > I'm quoting Merriam Webster Dictionary >>
>
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