Snitsky's back acne Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 2 hours ago, LaGoosh said: How is this different from any other major wrestling promoter of the past 40 years? Nepo babies run wrestling and always have. Vince made a profit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 5 minutes ago, Devon Malcolm said: Well I guess on topic was bound to get its own version of the Dull Men's Club eventually. Sir, may I direct you to the Ratings Thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted January 10 Paid Members Share Posted January 10 18 minutes ago, Snitsky's back acne said: Vince made a profit. True. But Khan has never struck me as someone who is arsed about making a profit. Which makes his ineptitude and cluelessness all the more frustrating. It would be nice to have a money mark who knew what the fuck they were doing for once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 (edited) 1 hour ago, Carbomb said: "Nepos" means "grandson" or "nephew" in Latin, though. It does, but it's a loan word from Greek, hence the -os ending. Â I defer to the Greeks as the Romans were an uncivilised bunch. Â When used in "nepotism" it generally means son/daughter of nowadays, so I reckon it's closer to the Greek. Â Anyway, nephew baby doesn't sound much better! Edit: and honestly, this is more interesting a discussion than Sniff's Twitter diarrhoea. Edited January 10 by Loki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted January 10 Paid Members Share Posted January 10 5 minutes ago, Loki said: It does, but it's a loan word from Greek, hence the -os ending.  I defer to the Greeks as the Romans were an uncivilised bunch.  When used in "nepotism" it generally means son/daughter of nowadays, so I reckon it's closer to the Greek.  Anyway, nephew baby doesn't sound much better! Edit: and honestly, this is more interesting a discussion than Sniff's Twitter diarrhoea. One thing to bear in mind is that almost nothing we get directly from Latin or Greek has anything to do with the source language, though - they're either mediaeval re-interpretations or neologisms that the ancients never used, or they're completely modern inventions by people using their best approximations of what ancients might have used for completely new concepts, or they've come to us via importations of words from the languages that evolved from Latin and/or Greek. A quick swatch at the Wiki for "nepotism" tells us it comes from mediaeval Italian: Quote The term comes from Italian word nepotismo,[5][6] which is based on Latin root nepos meaning nephew.[7] Since the Middle Ages and until the late 17th century, some Catholic popes and bishops – who had taken vows of chastity and, therefore, usually had no legitimate offspring of their own – gave their nephews such positions of preference as were often accorded by fathers to sons.[8]  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinity Land Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 4 minutes ago, Devon Malcolm said: True. But Khan has never struck me as someone who is arsed about making a profit. Which makes his ineptitude and cluelessness all the more frustrating. It would be nice to have a money mark who knew what the fuck they were doing for once. Might not be too worried about turning a profit, but that doesn't mean he isn't trying to avoid losses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted January 10 Paid Members Share Posted January 10 6 minutes ago, Carbomb said: One thing to bear in mind is that almost nothing we get directly from Latin or Greek has anything to do with the source language, though - they're either mediaeval re-interpretations or neologisms that the ancients never used, or they're completely modern inventions by people using their best approximations of what ancients might have used for completely new concepts, or they've come to us via importations of words from the languages that evolved from Latin and/or Greek. A quick swatch at the Wiki for "nepotism" tells us it comes from mediaeval Italian:  All this was explained in Britain's Lost Masterpieces the other day, and I will always believe Bendor over you pair of benders, unless either of you knows a lot about the works of Francesco Trevisani of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SuperBacon Posted January 10 Members Share Posted January 10 29 minutes ago, Loki said: Edit: and honestly, this is more interesting a discussion than Sniff's Twitter diarrhoea. Yeah, it's not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted January 10 Paid Members Share Posted January 10 57 minutes ago, Snitsky's back acne said: Vince made a profit. So what? What's that got to do with anything? He was still a nepo baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted January 10 Paid Members Share Posted January 10 15 minutes ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said: unless either of you knows a lot about the works of Francesco Trevisani of course. I haven't listened to much Status Quo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gaffer Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 This has become the thread equivalent of a dozen people shouting completely different conversations at one another in a nightclub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannibal Man Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Diesel was shite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted January 10 Paid Members Share Posted January 10 6 minutes ago, Gay as FOOK said: This has become the thread equivalent of a dozen people shouting completely different conversations at one another in a nightclub. I'm just off for a smoke. Can you watch my jacket for me, mate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SuperBacon Posted January 10 Members Share Posted January 10 6 minutes ago, Gay as FOOK said: This has become the thread equivalent of a dozen people shouting completely different conversations at one another in a nightclub. And one in the bogs with a note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 1 minute ago, Cannibal Man said: Diesel was shite That's it, outside, now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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