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Posted by Subey on May-14-2007 12:33:

"O" in Anthem

I can't figure out what the word "O" means in a national anthem. As in

"O say, can you see, by the dawn�s early light,"
or
"O Canada!"

Any idea?

Posted by MisterOpus1 on May-14-2007 13:51:

Re: "O" in Anthem

quote:
Originally posted by Subey
I can't figure out what the word "O" means in a national anthem. As in

"O say, can you see, by the dawn�s early light,"
or
"O Canada!"

Any idea?

O why is this a thread in PDD?

Posted by star-traveller on May-14-2007 14:22:

O what is this O all about?

Posted by Subey on May-14-2007 14:48:

Re: Re: "O" in Anthem

quote:
Originally posted by MisterOpus1
O why is this a thread in PDD?

I figured anthems were political

Posted by MisterOpus1 on May-14-2007 15:01:

Re: Re: Re: "O" in Anthem

quote:
Originally posted by Subey
I figured anthems were political

O, I dunno. Perhaps one could make a political argument out of it if they really try.

O, why not? Give it a go.......

Posted by shaolin_Z on May-14-2007 15:03:

O well. No answers to be found here.

Subey thinks: O crap!

Posted by ResonantDrag on May-14-2007 15:19:

here's a go..

if the US's anthem starts "O say..."

why doesn't canada's start "Aye Canada,..."

Posted by Subey on May-14-2007 16:41:

At first I was confused... I feared that you (the posters in this thread excluding myself) had all come down simultaneously with Tonga fever.

Given your disparate geographic locations, the odds of this happening were slim, but thanks to SARS, modern air travel and movies like 12 monkeys, the hypothetical probability that this might occur was well above zero.

It wasn't till later that I realized there was method to your madness...

O bviously you are all using the word "O" in your sentences in an attempt to decipher its meaning.

In other words, by using it in multiple sentences, you are clothing it in multiple contexts. And in doing so you are mapping all the subtle nuances that this word imparts to a sentence.

"O" can't hide for long. Keep up the good work!

Posted by MisterOpus1 on May-14-2007 16:49:

quote:
Originally posted by Subey
At first I was confused... I feared that you (the posters in this thread excluding myself) had all come down simultaneously with Tonga fever.

Given your disparate geographic locations, the odds of this happening were slim, but thanks to SARS, modern air travel and movies like 12 monkeys, the hypothetical probability that this might occur was well above zero.

It wasn't till later that I realized there was method to your madness...

O bviously you are all using the word "O" in your sentences in an attempt to decipher its meaning.

In other words, by using it in multiple sentences, you are clothing it in multiple contexts. And in doing so you are mapping all the subtle nuances that this word imparts to a sentence.

"O" can't hide for long. Keep up the good work!

O kay, you got us.

Posted by Marc Summers on May-14-2007 17:43:

Posted by Shakka on May-14-2007 18:47:

o come on guys, I can't believe this is even discussion worthy. O, did you hear the one about the priest and the rabbi?

Posted by Sunsnail on May-14-2007 22:23:

It's latin

Posted by Shakka on May-14-2007 23:33:

quote:
Originally posted by Sunsnail
It's latin

OH!

OY!

Posted by Fir3start3r on May-14-2007 23:42:

'O = EH' in modern day Canadian vernacular...

Posted by Lira on May-15-2007 00:00:

It's an interjection

/thread

Posted by Subey on May-15-2007 16:08:

That's it... I'm off to Tonga to get some fever