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Calling a spade a spade
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To "call a spade a spade" is a figurative expression which refers to calling something "as it is",[1] that is, by its right or proper name, without "beating about the bush"—being outspoken about it, truthfully, frankly, and directly, even to the point of being blunt or rude, and even if the subject is considered coarse, impolite, or unpleasant. The idiom originates in the classical Greek of Plutarch's Apophthegmata Laconica, and was introduced into the English language in 1542 in Nicolas Udall's translation of the Apophthegmes, where Erasmus had seemingly replaced Plutarch's images of "trough" and "fig" with the more familiar "spade." The idiom has appeared in many literary and popular works, including those of Oscar Wilde, Charles Dickens, W. Somerset Maugham, and Jonathan Swift.
Full definition[edit]
To call a spade a spade or call a spade a shovel is a figurative expression which refers to explicitly calling something as it is,[1] by its right name.[2][3] The implication is that one tells the truth about the nature of the thing,[4] speaking frankly and directly about it,[2][3] including subjects, even if coarse, or considered impolite or unpleasant.[4][2][3] Brewer defined it in 1913 as being "outspoken, blunt, even to the point ofrudeness", adding that it implies ones calling "things by their proper names without any 'beating about the bush'".[5]
History[edit]
The ultimate source of this idiom is a phrase in Plutarch's Apophthegmata Laconica:'την σκαφην σκαφην λεγοντας (ten skaphen skaphen legontas).[6] The word σκαφη (skaphe) means "basin, or trough."[7] Lucian De Hist. Conscr. (41) has τα συκα συκα, την σκαφην δε σκαφην ονομασων (ta suka suka, ten skaphen de skaphen onomason),[8] "calling a fig a fig, and a trough a trough".
Erasmus translated Plutarch's σκαφην (skaphe), as if from σπάθη (spáthe), as ligo "shovel" in his Apophthegmatum opus. Ghandi Lakshmi speculates that the introduction of the word "shovel" may have been a conscious, dramatic choice rather than a mistranslation.[9]
The phrase was introduced to English in 1542 in Nicolas Udall's translation of Erasmus' work, Apophthegmes, that is to saie, prompte saiynges. First gathered by Erasmus, as follows:[9]
Philippus aunswered, that the Macedonians wer feloes of no fyne witte in their termes but altogether grosse, clubbyshe, and rusticall, as they whiche had not the witte to calle a spade by any other name then a spade.
In the expression, the word spade refers to the instrument used to move earth, a very common tool.[9] The same word was used in England, Denmark, and in the Netherlands,[10] Erasmus' country of origin.[11]
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So yes, calling a ‘Spade a Spade’ has been an issue for ‘Humanity’ for hundreds of years. Now, carrying on in the 21st Century (after Christ, Buddha, and Mohammed, and all the other best examples of humanity that continue to perfunctorily represent our daily lives), we continue to carry on as best we see fit to “Stay Alive Anymore!” (a phrase from one of my son’s former band’s tunes, talking about a naked, lost man, wandering the streets of a city, to whom it was suggested he take off “All His Clothes, and go Nude in the world, to ‘stay alive anymore’…”
Proof of this kind of extremity is rendered by the leaders of Isis, who will instruct a 12 year old, impoverished ignoramus, but now well-fed soldier-child to slice the purported culprit’s neck with a freshly sharpened sword! Is this mankind's calling?
Wake up humanity! Chaos is running rampant among us! Lunacy and Evil are our ‘Soup du Jour! (I know, my favorite phrase)
In my own way I will, again, express my views about how I see ‘US’ proceed in this battlefield rats nest referred to as ‘Access Justice.’
Having watched the ‘glorious’ introductory Utube video of Ms. Shannon Salter, as she has now joined the noble ranks of the NSRLProject, here is my response to Ms. Salters NSRLP’s indoctrination, after gleaning more about her background.
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"Our newest Access to Justice All-Star is Shannon Salter, Chair of the British Columbia Civil Resolution Tribunal."
Shannon Salter is the Chair of the Civil Resolution Tribunal, and an adjunct professor at the UBC Allard School of law, teaching administrative law and legal ethics.
HOWEVER! Sharron is supported by 'VICE-CHAIR' "Garth (who) has been appointed by the British Columbia Supreme Court as an Administrator under the Strata Property Act and has acted as an arbitrator in many strata disputes.
VICE CHAIR – STRATA
J. Garth Cambrey is Vice Chair – Strata for the Civil Resolution Tribunal. Garth obtained his Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia in 1984 and has over 30 years’ experience in the real estate industry in British Columbia during which time he owned and operated a private property management firm for 20 years until 2011. Garth was an elected member of the Real Estate Council of BC from 2011 through 2016, is an active member of the Real Estate Institute of BC, the BC Arbitration and Mediation Institute, holds a Chartered Arbitrator designation with the ADR Institute of Canada, and has completed the Small Claims Mediation Program. Garth has been appointed by the British Columbia Supreme Court as an Administrator under the Strata Property Act and has acted as an arbitrator in many strata disputes."
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To me, this introduces a man who represents, as indicated, over 30 years of experience in the active 'BUSINESS' world of 'Realty.'
Within his applicable talents, will he have the open-mindedness to be sufficiently impartial in supporting any potential clarity of participating in 'essential governments services' in our combined efforts towards finding true JUSTICE for the average citizen?
OR,
Are the more clever merely manipulating us, by presenting a pretty picture of what could be? Can Shannon Salter take us to the alter of Truth and Justice? Will she guide us to liberation or show to become the Angel from Hell. I wish her well.
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