;Posted on 10/11/2016 10:29:38 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell
;In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
parrhesia [pa REE syuh, zyuh]
adjective
Parrhesia is boldness of speech, in oratorical rhetoric, i.e., the art of influencing an audience, parrhesia, in the words of William Safire (On Language, in the NYT magazine of Oct 21, 1984), "has a specialized meaning: 'warning of potential offense, and asking pardon in advance.'"
The expression with all due respect is an example of parrhesia. What it really means is, "I haven't the slightest respect for you and certainly not for what you just said, and I'm going to show you up before this prestigious audience for the blithering idiot you are...!"
In Words Fail Me (Hamish Hamilton, London 1980), the English linguist and columnist Philip Howard calls with all respect a "Benedict Arnold phrase," and goes on: "In academic circles, the man who begins his remarks with respect means 'I am about to demolish your argument and if possible you with a buzz-saw of disrespect.'"
Mr Howard then quotes Alfred Friendly, the witty Washington Post journalist of yore: "When, in argument, an Englishman says to me 'With all respect...,' I know he means that he has no respect at all for what I have said...I rather like it. In telegraphing the punch, it gives me a moment to prepare myself for the fact that he is about to knock the neck off a bottle and ream me a new arse-hole with what remains."
Mr Safire quotes President Reagan's frequent oratorical use of "forgive me, but..." as an example of parrhesia, which amounts to a warning that he is about to follow up his plea for forgiveness with a withering blast at his political adversary.
The word comes from the Greek prefix para- (beside, beyond - as in, e.g. parapsychology) plus rhesis (speech).
Wonderful derivation!
Karl Hungus, a remarkable actor and a Christian.
Well, I used to enjoy playing the marble game parrchesia, but I looked all over at my local Chucky Parrcheesia franchise, and didn’t see it in the game room.
With all due respect, and not to counter anyone else’s opinion expressed herein, I must insist that the most profound and egregious example of PARRHESIA is when a Southern Belle looks you straight in the eye and says:
“Well, BLESS YOUR HEART!!!”
Amen, sister. Purrfect.
love it!
Silliness is among us.
Parcheesi is a brand-name American adaptation of the Indian (with the dot) cross and circle board game Pachisi.
we really thought that Trump’s best response regarding the “misogynist” tape would be to say that he was a DEM back then, and that’s how they think, witness Bill Clinton.
I am hearing twitter talk that a woman is coming forward claiming Trump raped her. Will it ever end?
...this is the protestor from yesterday, they did more than push him down the stairs, he's on life support. Prayers for his full recovery.
No it is not. See picture in the article from 2009. And the gay wasn't black BTW.
You are right. Wow. I like seeing this stuff debunked, I know who to unfollow.
Sorry. Typo. Guy not gay.
I’ve had enough twitter and bad news for awhile. Think I will back away from the keyboard for awhile. LOL Thanks for the headsup.
I’m always suspicious of anonymous twitter posts and sadly of a lot of “news” sources now days, some of them being “fake” or satirical sites that don’t disclose themselves as such or sites or blogs that re-post these fake news articles thinking they are real. And, sadly too many of them are being posted here, in good faith, but not vetted. It takes some time but all I had to do was right click on the image and then “Search Google for Image” to find the original source of the picture. If it is from a twitter post or from an unknown news site or blog, I always search for other sources for confirmation.
I think the family is going as the Golden Girls....Gotta work it fast to pull it all together.
You alerted me right away so it was easy to find the account and unfollow.....but I should have blocked. Thought of that afterwards.
I thought I read that the protestor injured at the Hillary rally died from his wounds last night?
Thanks. And welcome back. I guess I can cross out Amsterdam on my list of possible places to live if Hillary wins.
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