Greece Bailout

[Benipete]

Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob

There is more to this referendum than immediately meets the eye. It appears that the Greek PM was pushing through the law which permits referenda, last summer. At the same time he was huddled around the table with Merkel and Sarkozy arranging the bail out. The inference being that he planned this all along. Either he is trying to shaft the Germans for what they did in the war or he is trying to ratchet up the size of the haircut the banks will have to take, or both - hell, why not. It's not as though they have much to loose now.

Is It referendums or referenda? You decide.

Sorry I for got you're not allowed to.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by Benipete

Is It referendums or referenda? You decide.

Sorry I for got you're not allowed to.

Should I start a poll?

So we can at least vote in that, and give our opinion as to which is right.

[Acrylic-bob]

Oxford English Dictionary:

"Referendums is logically preferable as a plural form meaning ballots on one issue (as a Latin gerund, referendum has no plural). The Latin plural gerundive referenda, meaning things to be referred, necessarily connotes a plurality of issues."

You decide.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob

Oxford English Dictionary:

"Referendums is logically preferable as a plural form meaning ballots on one issue (as a Latin gerund, referendum has no plural). The Latin plural gerundive referenda, meaning things to be referred, necessarily connotes a plurality of issues."

You decide.

I'm just glad the public are clamouring to vote in a referendum regarding European Union membership, and it isn't anything to do with a cactus.

That could get very confusing.

Especially if there was more than one.

[Acrylic-bob]

So, logically, it seems to me that in a law to permit holding any number of referendums on any number of issues either as single issues or multiples issues the referendum is more poperly referred to as referenda.

That having been settled to my satisfaction at least I am now ready to move on.



NEXT !

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by garinda

I take it you haven't seen Hazel Blear's spread?

Nor do I want too

[garinda]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Nor do I want too

I was even going to take the staples out of her spread, so as not to spoil you're enjoyment.

Guess I won't bother now.

Just pop it back on the shelf, with my other copies of No Expenses Spared Tufty's Wives Monthly.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by garinda

I was even going to take the staples out of her spread, so as not to spoil you're enjoyment.

Guess I won't bother now.

Just pop it back on the shelf, with my other copies of No Expenses Spared Tufty's Wives Monthly.

She should have been shelved a long time ago

[gynn]

Looks like the Greeks are shrinking back from a referendum now.

The French and Germans have told them that the only referendum they should hold is whether or not to stay in the euro.

And they won't give them any cash pending the outcome. And the talk seems now to be switching to throwing the Greeks out of the euro.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by gynn

Looks like the Greeks are shrinking back from a referendum now.

The French and Germans have told them that the only referendum they should hold is whether or not to stay in the euro.

And they won't give them any cash pending the outcome. And the talk seems now to be switching to throwing the Greeks out of the euro.

Don't think they had much of a choice gynn, because if they had decided not to take the bail out then they would have been kicked out of the Euro

[MargaretR]

I have read that the Greek wealthy who evaded tax are busy sending their money into Swiss bank accounts.

[garinda]

It all just seems such a mess, and so unnecessary.

All they need to do is to think more like 'Internationlists', and everything will be hunky-dory once more.

[Acrylic-bob]

Originally Posted by MargaretR

I have read that the Greek wealthy who evaded tax are busy sending their money into Swiss bank accounts.

That has been going on for the last year or so Margaret. So much so that the Swiss were begining to panic the inflow into Swiss Francs was so high. It was making Swiss exports prohibitatively expensive. So now the Greek wealthy have switched their attention to the London Property Market. It is one of the reasons why London's house prices are continuing to climb.

Also did you hear the one about there being more registered porsche's in Greece than there are people who are registered as earning over 50,000 euros pa?

This is all going to end in so many tears for so many people.

[garinda]

Rindy's tip of the day.

Sell, sell, sell feta.

Buy, buy, buy Toblerone.

[Acrylic-bob]

What's your position on Olive Oil, hun?