etymology - The origin of the derogatory usage of Guido - English . . . Guido had already become a famous comedic Italian name in the 1970s through the efforts of Don Novello's character Father Guido Sarducci, described in his Wikipedia article as "a chain-smoking priest with tinted eyeglasses, [who] works in the United States as gossip columnist and rock critic for the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano
Wise man vs. wise guy - English Language Usage Stack Exchange For me, a 'Guy' is an effigy of Guido Fawkes, Roman Catholic conspirator at the centre of the Gunpowder Plot, to blow up Parliament, of 1605 Every 5th November children throw his effigy on bonfires and celebrate with firworks
etymology - Origin reason for the hit by a bus phrase - English . . . They wanted to know if Python would survive if Guido disappeared This is an important issue for businesses that may be considering the use of Python in a product "Guido" is Guido van Rossum, the inventor and still leader of Python language development Note that "bus" here is presented as one of a number of possible tragic scenarios
phrase meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Finding a patron is clearly a good and advantageous thing ("will turn out well") but Machiavelli advises Guido to benefit from patronage by studying, or to study so as to merit and benefit from patronage It is not clear from the text which of these is intended
Can to seed and to sow be used interchangeably? Hello, Guido Thanks for sharing your expertise I think that, for such common terms, more 'technical' (specifying) definitions are for once justified But, as Lexico, for instance, defines 'sow' thus: plant (seed) by scattering it on or in the earth and RHK Webster's defines 'seed':
On the origins of the use of key or clavis to refer to the keys of . . . In music theory, the sense developed 17c to "sum of the melodic and harmonic relationships in the tones of a scale," also "melodic and harmonic relationships centering on a given tone " Probably this is based on a translation of Latin clavis "key," used by Guido for "lowest tone of a scale," or French clef (see clef; also see keynote)
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