"Semper conari, numquam unguis" then in CW dog Latin motto parlance.Tyke wrote: I have a C11, the Latin hasn't been an issue, correct or not but it does smack of the CW business ethos, constantly striving but never quite nailing it
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Lately I have thought that the business ethos of cw was "that'll have to do".Tyke wrote:...the CW business ethos, constantly striving but never quite nailing it
As in :
Bad web site
Poor quality control
Leather straps that don't fit to the curve of the case anymore.
etc.
This is just the cynic in me. I would like cw to succeed but they do appear rather adept at shooting themselves in the foot. Trashing their world wide shop window point of sale being an obvious example.
Exceptions being customer service that is excellent and undoes the poor showing of the rest.
This is not to be confused with the phrase used in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Babe the pig movies..."That'll do". This in fact is just about the highest praise that can be uttered.
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Gibbs: "Illya Kuryakin"
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I'm marking a stack of Common Entrance this afternoon (I teach secondary; they're applicants to join at 13+ next year). Quality is... variable.Amor Vincit Omnia wrote:I don't see why!wyrdwritere wrote:it was probably a boy half-way through public school who got the task of composing that motto. Perhaps we should be more understanding.
I did actually give those to my Scholarship and Common Entrance Level 3 set a couple of years ago. "Deus Maris Altum" took them about 10 seconds. "Noun and adjective don't agree, sir. Should be ALTI!"
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Perhaps to save money someone just ran a phrase through Google translate and went from there.
Alex
Caitlin: "What did Ducky look like when he was younger?"
Gibbs: "Illya Kuryakin"
Caitlin: "What did Ducky look like when he was younger?"
Gibbs: "Illya Kuryakin"