what is meant by my "Peers"?
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It's nothing to do with heredity, and a lot to do with human social behaviour.
Your "peers" are a group that varies with context. On Pistonheads for eaxmple, every one of us could be considered your "peers" to someone who wasn't a member. However, within PH if you were a Porsche owner then TVR owners would consider other Porsche owners to be your "peers", or perhaps any other sport car owners, again depending on the context.
Do I detect an underlying tone in your posts that might suggest that many would consider your "peers" to have rather close cropped hair and vote BNP?
Your "peers" are a group that varies with context. On Pistonheads for eaxmple, every one of us could be considered your "peers" to someone who wasn't a member. However, within PH if you were a Porsche owner then TVR owners would consider other Porsche owners to be your "peers", or perhaps any other sport car owners, again depending on the context.
Do I detect an underlying tone in your posts that might suggest that many would consider your "peers" to have rather close cropped hair and vote BNP?
Matchless, unless you are a member of the House of Lords, or a big nob in the Church, you, like most of the rest of us (doffs cap to Lord Summerisle) are a peasant. You may be able to trace a proud lineage of peasants back through the turnip fields to Boadicea's turnip suppliers, but you are still a peasant, and thus your peers are the everyday folk who are called for jury service. Nice try though.
Does this count as feeding the troll? Matchless is almost a pet now, isnt he?
Does this count as feeding the troll? Matchless is almost a pet now, isnt he?
Ist explained in that lovely film "Kind Hearts und Coronets" where the villain who bumped off all his relatives ( all played by Alec Guinness) to get to be Lord of Manor ... insisted on being tried by his peers when found out. He meant he wanted to be tried by fellow Lords in House of Lords..
Was a really good film - very black comedy.
Was a really good film - very black comedy.
rich 36 said:
Actually I once knew someone called Piers,
so we often used to joke between ourselves at his expense,
oh how we laughed,
the winter evenings flew past.
Ist a form of Pierre. Peter .. I think ist the Scandinavian version of Peter, Pieter, Patrick, Pietrich, Pieterchen, Petro, Pedro, und they all mean "ROCK" und I think Jesus called Simon Peter his "rock" ... I think this ist where it originate..
As for "peers" - ist from Latin base meaning of "equal" I think "par" und old French had "per" By Middle Ages it meant "companion or mate"
ist funny how foreigner are taught about how language came to be .. und native speaker are not. I am sure German learners know more about my language than I do I do recall a series about origins of English as what ist spoke today by that lovely Melvyn Bragg. It was very informative und enjoyable to watch too.
WildCat said:
Ist explained in that lovely film "Kind Hearts und Coronets" where the villain who bumped off all his relatives ( all played by Alec Guinness) to get to be Lord of Manor ... insisted on being tried by his peers when found out. He meant he wanted to be tried by fellow Lords in House of Lords..
Was a really good film - very black comedy.
I agree, excellent film. Dennis Price took two parts but it never gets mentioned.
The right for lords to be tried in the House of Lords by their peers has been withdrawn. However, there is a suggestion that the Inner and Middle Temples in the City of London are papal peculiars and therefore the laws of the UK do not appply. Only the Pope has authority.
Derek
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