SOCLE
Posted: 02 July 2009 09:16 PM
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Discuss socle here.
Archaic: A plain block or plinth, forming a low pedestal to a statue or column; or a plain face or plinth at the lower part of a wall.
“A socle differs from a pedestal in being without base or cornice.” - Brande & Cox
[French from Latin socculus, diminutive from soccus = a light shoe.]
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Posted: 03 July 2009 10:00 AM
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Saparris is on his socle with the Subjunctive, plinth-wise, of course.
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Posted: 03 July 2009 11:55 AM
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Leave it to the dictionary to say that a socle is like a plinth!
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Posted: 03 July 2009 01:42 PM
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Your point??
the definition on the email said they differed: one tall, one short. Are you on a socle, plinth, or soapbox this time?
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Posted: 03 July 2009 02:15 PM
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“A socle differs from a pedestal in being without base or cornice.”
So I’m on my READ THE DEFINITION soapbox.
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Posted: 03 July 2009 02:35 PM
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It said they differed: one tall, one short. God said it, the GOG repeated it, I believe it, that settles it.
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Posted: 03 July 2009 03:11 PM
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A plinth on both your houses.
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Posted: 04 July 2009 06:59 AM
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And a socle to you and your house down to the thousandth generation.
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Posted: 04 July 2009 07:31 AM
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Gotta go for now. Mama P is in the hospital (as of last night). Probably should take her some bedroom shoes and socles.
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Posted: 04 July 2009 08:08 AM
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Hope it is nothing serious. Bed clothes would be a good idea too, considering hospital gowns. But, then, you’d have to do the laundry, you ironmonger, you.
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I won’t say that it’s not serious, but this happens two or three times a year. She has lots of chronic health problems, which, in turn, lead to more problems. Every now and then, she need more medical attention than we can provide.
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Coming home today around 4:00.
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Hide the remotes!
Ever tried to hide a microwave or an oxygen concentrator?
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They have remotes for them too?
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