whereas we are tired of politics as usual

[isiscolo]

Today is our Democratic party's county assembly, which is the equivalent of the state and national conventions but on a local level. We will officially nominate and vote on candidates for the primary and vote on resolutions that were raised in the caucuses last month to get passed on to the state level. I thought you all would be amused by

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[joiedumonde]

*glomps your local party liek woah*

[lunarennui]

hey, i use 'whereas' quite frequently.

and what, precisely, are these arcane traditions? interested parties want to know.

[isiscolo]

Heh. I think they were talking about Robert's Rules of Order.

And actually, during discussion, I got up and gave an eloquent defense of all the lovely words in the English language and said that I believed we shouldn't discriminate against any on the basis of age...

[lunarennui]

hahahahaha. that's wonderful.

[ellen_fremedon]

Hee! In first semester Greek, when we learned the here/there/where series, I got a weird look from my professor for using "hither" in my translation instead of "to here."

"It's a perfectly good word," I said.

"Yes," he said, "but nobody uses it."

"I do," I said.

"Well," he said, "solipsism can be a wonderful thing."

[guntar]

I'm not sure whom I love more, you or the memebers of isiscolo's Democratic assembly.

I'll just love you both!

[isiscolo]

Hee!

I should point out that when this came up for vote, I stood up in defense of "whereas" and said that using formal language in our resolutions elevates them above the realm of common discourse. And the resolution failed, amid much laughter. So 'whereas' shall not be discarded!

[fer_de_lance]

Hurrah!

I am all for the retaining of words, no matter the setting. It's counterintuitive and counterproductive to reduce a language -- and, I daresay, contraindicated in every instance. :D Languages ought to grow over time, not be pruned into mere shrubs of their former selves.

[_divya_]

HEE.

[lobelia321]

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