Macgregor Despite Them
From a Scots tombstone. I thought I knew the meaning, used as "He achieved his goal, despite all opposition". That is I thought it referenced the acheiver, in a positive way, to my surprise the...
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Are you sure you didn't miss something in the MWO-U? The regular (i.e., free, abridged) MWO has 3 entries for "despite": noun, verb, and preposition. The display defaults to the first (noun); you have...
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I think you are right Dr T, vis Rob Roy. This came up because I saw it on some wall paper that my keeper has on the computer with about a zillion different pics of scenery from Scotland. I thought the...
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When I saw this title, my first thought was to wonder if "Them" referred to Flopsy, Mopsy, and Peter Cottontail.
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Correction.Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were - Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter.*Their surname was apparently Rabbit.*From Th...Read More
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Quote:...I saw it on some wall paper that my keeper has on the computer ... What is a "keeper"?
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Right, Eliza, I think I must have confused the story and the song.So much for that joke.
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I was just trying to continue the reference. And I did smile at your joke. As will everyone else.Really, really sorry. But you'll be pleased to know that Peter escaped from Mr McGregor, though he did...
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And here a I thought maybe he meant "an attendant, a guard, or a warden" as the AHD puts it. Not that dhurd would be the listmember most in need of one...
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The "Rob Roy" I knew about as a little boy in England was not a Scots hero but a particular kind of canoe (in England we were taught English history, in which the role of the Scots, Irish, and Welsh...
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"Peter (Rabbit) escaped from Mr McGregor, though he did suffer a bout of indigestion and had to be given camomile tea. Doubtless with initiative such as he showed, he afterwards became the Richard...
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