East End Photographs and Drawings

[Archaic]

>> Hey, Sam, someone swiped your bollards!

I was going to suggest that you consider opening the Flynn Clinic For Bollard Enhancement, but I just checked your post and they are gone!


Awfully low to steal a guy's bollards... my condolences.

Best regards, Archaic

[Nurse Sarah]

How very dare they!!

Any ransom demands yet for the stolen bollards????

[caz]

Originally Posted by Suzi

Hi Cazzi-
Just about to collapse back in bed me- but Chambers says re MATRIX- (God I was behind one today -the car!- gave me a turn!).....

Matrix:-The cavity in which something is formed;embedded etc etc 'tis Greek-Matrix into Latin-Matrisez. I like the Greeks also refer to it as 'A thing on which a thing rests'... Hmmmm Matrix Court

Closely followed by Matron:'An elderly lady of staid and sober habits'
Xxx - That's US!!!

It's all Greek to me then, Suzi. My latest Chambers says the word itself is straight from mater - and that's defo Latin. The OED online says the same - classical Latin.

Not a G word in sight. How curious.

Matrices (pronounced matriseez) is simply the plural of matrix.

Could you quote the 'Greek' reference?

Love,

Caz
X

[Suzi]

Hi Cazzikins-
Have become disconbobulated here re the Greek reference- ! The literal translation of matrix into modern Greek is mesokytarios ousis istou...Not that that helps LOL!
Reckon the Latin root is right- mind you there was a lot of the Greeks blaming on the Latins (!) and vice-versa (Latin!) wasn't there.....

Suz xxx (I never had the Latin for the judgin')

(He he- SERIOUSLY on thread this 'eh! :/)

[caz]

Originally Posted by Suzi

The literal translation of matrix into modern Greek is mesokytarios ousis istou...Not that that helps LOL!

That helps loads, Suzi! Thanks. If the ancient Greek word had been anything like matrix it would hardly have evolved into that.

I was curious because matrix is so typically Latin and just doesn't look Greek.

Anyway, back to the East End and other bollards...

Love,

Caz
XXX

[Sam Flynn]

Sorry, my bad... of course it's Latin (ancient Latin, apparently - I just looked it up.) The Greek is "hysterikos" or something similar - which to me looks like it shares a common root with "uterus".

PS: It didn't occur to me that words in "-ix" (as opposed to "-us", "-a" and "-um") look like "typically" Latin nouns... then, on reflection, there's always peccatrix and dominatrix.

If the ancient Greek word had been anything like matrix it would hardly have evolved into that

Actually, there does seem to be a rather clear link between "matrix" and "mesokytarios", if you focus on the consonants:

Mesokytarios - MSKTR

Matrix - MTRKS


Anyhow, my point was that not a lot of people seemed to know that "matrix" meant "womb" until I pointed it out to them - which remains true, irrespective of whether I got the Latin/Greek mixed up.

[Archaic]

Hey, Sam, your missing bollards reappeared! Thank goodness.

Now it's Sarah's link to the bollard-supplier that has me confused... What in the world is a "Bendy Bollard"??

Almost sounds like a cartoon character, it seems like such a contradiction in terms.


Bollardmania 4-Ever!
Archaic

[Sam Flynn]

Originally Posted by Archaic

Hey, Sam, your missing bollards reappeared!

What a relief to us both!

[Old Montague]

Never mind bendy bollards, Archaic. What about Billy Bollard and Belinda Bollard; there's a sinister looking pair!

[Nurse Sarah]

Bendy bollards are the next frontier Archaic, didnt you know?!