10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUMPSIMUS»
Discover the use of
mumpsimus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
mumpsimus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Religious Identities in Henry VIII's England
In this volume Peter Marshall explores a wide range of evidence that underlines the complex web of overlapping and competing religious identities that Henry VIII's subjects were forced to assume as he sought to take control of the English ...
Prof Dr Peter Marshall, 2013
2
Mastering Management: Practical Procedures for Effective ...
Those afflicted with omphaloskepsis are not likely to attain management success.
The origin of the word mumpsimus is thought-provoking. It is said that a Catholic
priest, in repeating the rituals of his church in Latin, used the word mumpsimus.
A. Leslie Derbyshire, 1981
This term originated from the story of a priest who continually read in the Mass
quod in ore mumpsimus instead of sumpsimus, as his Missal was incorrectly
copied. Henry VIII in a speech from the throne in 1545 made the remark that "
Some too ...
4
The Later Parliaments of Henry VIII, 1536-1547
6. OLD. MUMPSIMUS. AND. NEW. SUMPSIMUS. 1545. and. 1547. The
staggering cost of warfare, perhaps ^700,000 a year, soon necessitated another
Parliament. The fighting had gone well enough : Henry himself did spend the
summer of ...
Stanford E. Lehmberg, 1977
5
Repotting Yourself: Financial-Emotional-Spiritual Flow
CHAPTER. 2. Empowerment. vs. Mumpsimus. There is a tale of a medieval monk
who persistently spoke a phrase in the Latin Eucharist wrongly––either because
he was illiterate and had learned it that way or it had been translated incorrectly ...
6
Dissertation Upon the Epistles of Phalaris: 1
If Mr. B. then will not change his old Delphos for our new Delphi, he shall have
leave to keep his Mumpsimus as long as he pleases. But when he would put. '
Cluver. Sicil. p. 90. Plerumquc Taurominium. [' i. e. Sir William Temple: “And he,
of all ...
7
Garner's Modern American Usage
See MORPHOPHONEMICS. mouillé /moo-yay/, adj. (Of a consonant) sounded
with the tongue touching the palate (as with l and n). mumpsimus.1. A persistent
adherent to an erroneous tenet or linguistic form, despite irrefutable correction.
8
REAL: The Yearbook of Research in English and American ...
Thus, very soon after the Henrician Reformation, discourse appears in continual
conflict between highly diverging positions: some are 'rigid in their old
Mumpsimus', the others 'busy and inquisitive in their new Sumpsi- mus'. In the
end the ...
Herbert Grabes, Hans-Jurgen Diller, Hartwig Isernhagen, 1988
9
A dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris. With an answer ...
If Mr. B. then will not change his old Delphos for our new Delphi, he shall have
leave to keep his Mumpsimus as long as he pleases. But when he would put it
upon us for good English, for that we must beg his pardon. The word is not yet so
...
Richard Bentley, Charles Boyle (4th earl of Orrery.), 1816
10
The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations: The Complete ...
But second-syllable stress was entrenched, and no amount of whining about
Latin quantities would persuade people to abandon this mumpsimus,* perhaps
because saying AN-ji-nuh would have sounded as strange as saying VAJ-i-nuh
for ...
Charles Harrington Elster, 2006
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUMPSIMUS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
mumpsimus is used in the context of the following news items.
Ride-sharing the way to go
(a) Mumpsimus; (b) Muktuk; (c) Incrassate; (d) Sternutator." I say it's: (e) Tony Abbott. Annie Lang, Kambah. CANNABIS OIL. Having read Scott ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
Dylann Roof and the 'Last Rhodesian' post
... informed post on his Mumpsimus blog. “The downfall of white Rhodesia has its own sort of lost cause mythic power not just for avowed white ... «St. Louis American, Jun 15»
I stir the cocoa: is the misheard lyric under threat?
This process of near-homophony has many wonderfully named literary variants, from mondegreen to malapropism, earslip and mumpsimus. «The Guardian, Sep 14»
A Brief History of Public Goods
“The 40-year assault on government is a clear case of mumpsimus (a view stubbornly held in spite of clear evidence that it's wrong),” writes Bill ... «PolicyShop, Nov 13»
A date with CAT
D. In disgust, Joan Robinson picked up the word “mumpsimus”, which means a traditional notion that is obstinately held although it is ... «Zee News, Aug 13»
Federal judge orders Ohio to recognize gay marriage performed in …
Did you notice, Mumpsimus? Akzed on July 24, 2013 at 2:25 PM. You don't really know what a theocracy is do you? Simply using Christian ... «Hot Air, Jul 13»
Taking on the battlefield
Largely, the reason could be that the form has not evolved with time but has remained confined to its original version; so mumpsimus has set in ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 13»
It's The End of the World as They Know It. They Feel Fine.
Other employees at Euro Pacific Capital maintain the same doomsday mumpsimus. “Rome had a welfare state that was financed by currency ... «Bloomberg, Jul 13»
Spelling Bee lessons for all sports fans
mumpsimus – n -- a traditional notion that is obstinately held although it is ... The baseball manager still clung to the mumpsimus that sacrifice ... «ESPN, Jun 12»
Pickerington Teen Among 9 Finalists In National Spelling Bee
She appeared to have little trouble spelling "mumpsimus" and "mascalage." Her sister, Kavya, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee three ... «10TV, May 12»
