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Ghost_Team
02-02-2013, 16:26
For some reason, this struck me as absolutely hilarious....
medic&commo
02-02-2013, 16:37
Only in "Fahrenheit 451"; and that was by governmental decree.
Hmmm...
m&c
SF18C
02-02-2013, 16:39
Y'all better be careful...he's gotta a gun now!
Dusty
02-02-2013, 16:51
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/39092/how-did-sinister-the-latin-word-for-left-handed-get-its-current-meaning

Sinister is the Latin word for left-handed. What evolution of meaning turned left-handed into evil and threatening?

*meaning *etymology *loan-words *latin

In the past, to be left-handed was considered touched by the Devil. As Wikipedia notes:

Historically, the left side, and subsequently left-handedness, was considered negative in many cultures. The Latin word sinistra originally meant "left" but took on meanings of "evil" or "unlucky" by the Classical Latin era, and this double meaning survives in European derivatives of Latin, and in the English word "sinister".


Does not apply to Phil Mickelson
SF18C
02-02-2013, 17:00
That didn't take long!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=599053012188&set=a.546000479888.2037564.138701416&type=1
PRB
02-02-2013, 17:51
Yup, in English Heraldry a stripe on your coat of arms originating on the left to right is 'Bar Sinister'...in Italian left is Sinastre....and in days gone by the Nuns would whack the lefties hands to get them to write right handed.
Man Dusty, we are some edumacted dudes.
miclo18d
02-04-2013, 17:34
Left eye... OS... Oculus Sinister
s
02-17-2013, 10:43
Yup, in English Heraldry a stripe on your coat of arms originating on the left to right is 'Bar Sinister'...in Italian left is Sinastre....and in days gone by the Nuns would whack the lefties hands to get them to write right handed.
Man Dusty, we are some edumacted dudes.

Sir, it's actually sinistra.
Which can also be the feminine declination of the adjective sinistro ( sinister in english).
Sdiver
02-17-2013, 21:35
Sir, it's actually sinistra.
Which can also be the feminine declination of the adjective sinestro ( sinister in english).

WAIT !?!?!?!? :eek:

Isn't Sinestro the arch nemesis of the The Green Lantern Corps !!!!

I'm all kinda confused now ..... :confused:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinestro
Golf1echo
02-18-2013, 12:41
I think it is time he and Dick Chaney went on a little bird hunt :D