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Random question, i know, but.....
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Paul | Report | 7 Nov 2006 10:31 |
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Does anyone know where the word 'protest' comes from? Does it come from Protestant? Or am i just making that up? lol |
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Bobtanian | Report | 7 Nov 2006 10:35 |
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Shakespeare '' Methinks the woman protests too much!'' Henry VIII,? Bob Morning Paul... |
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Janet in Yorkshire | Report | 7 Nov 2006 10:35 |
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Other way round - Protestants were those who protested. pro test - Latin origin ... to swear (testify) against Jay |
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Janet in Yorkshire | Report | 7 Nov 2006 10:37 |
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I think it was Macbeth, Bob ... 'Methinks the lady doth protest too much' (said of Lady Macbeth) Jay |
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Captain Yellow | Report | 7 Nov 2006 10:39 |
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Protest doesn't come from Protestant, but the two words do have the same origin. Both come from the latin protestari which means 'to declare publicly' - the 'testari' part meaning 'to testify'. As an aside, viewers of Silent Witness may have noticed the opening music singing the phrase 'testator silens' - latin for, yep, silent witness. |
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Bobtanian | Report | 7 Nov 2006 10:45 |
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Janet, Thanks , I stand corrected........thought it was something to do with infidelity........and Henry VIII came to mind....... Bob |
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Captain Yellow | Report | 7 Nov 2006 10:49 |
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Sorry, but the quote is actually from Hamlet. 'The lady doth protest too much, methinks.' Said by Queen Gertrude unaware that she is making the comment about a dramatic scene in which she is the model for the lady on stage. |
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Bobtanian | Report | 7 Nov 2006 10:52 |
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LOL Thanks, Myles.. Bob (2006) '' Methinks we should go back to school, and study Shakespeare?'' |
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