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Skriven 2006-09-12 07:53:00 av Robert E Starr JR (8705.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: ABC backs down on 9/1
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Carved in mystic runes upon the very living rock, the last words of Amy
Guskin of rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated make plain: 

>>> On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 18:02:13 -0400, Rob Perkins wrote
> (in article <4mjgb5F69rg9U2@individual.net>):
> 
>> Amy Guskin wrote:
>> 
>>> "Raison d'etre" is actually "reason to be" -- "etre" being one of
>>> the "big two" irregular French infinitives ("etre" - to be, and
>>> "avoir" - to have).. 
>>>  
>>> (Leaving out the circumflex over the first "e" because I don't know
>>> how diacritical marks will come out in everybody's newsreaders.)
>>> 
>>> "Raison d'etat" would mean "reason of state."  And it would be
>>> pronounced "RAY-zohn day-TAH," as opposed to "RAY-zohn DETTE."
>>> 
>>> Amy, nitpicking in foreign languages now <g>
>> 
>> Um... sure, but my context *was* the official behavior of the Bush 
>> Administration. In any case, my handydandy dictionary reports:
>> 
>> raison d'état |rÄüˈzô n dÄüˈtä| noun ( pl. raisons d'état
>> |rÄüˈzô n (z)|) a 
>> purely political reason for action on the part of a ruler or
>> government, esp. where a departure from openness, justice, or honesty
>> is involved. 
>> 
>> Surely we can agree that the usage was correct? <<
> 
> (Assuming all of that garbage was diacritical marks I can't read.)
> 
> I guess so!  I didn't even know there _was_ such a term as "raison
> d'etat" (which is why I translated it literally, and didn't have any
> idea you meant a specific idiomatic meaning), so thanks for teaching
> me something today! 

I hope you've memorized it for the test, along with Rob's usage of it and 
his general philosophy.

-- 
Methuselah
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