'Appropriate dress'

[Departed Member]

Nazareth??

[Jock]

But you know what happened to him!

Aye laddie. He started a movement with millions of adherents thats been going for 2000 years+

[Sylvain]

Aye laddie. He started a movement with millions of adherents thats been going for 2000 years+

But he first got tortured and killed...

[Since1982]

Yep, Nazareth! It was the town in Galilee where Jesus was raised. That's why he was known as the Nazarene Rabbi. From what I've read, he was born in Bethlehem, not raised there. Bethlehem was a place they stopped in the night when "they" Mary and Joseph, were "travelling". The phrase "born and raised" was wrong and has been corrected. I think Nazareth Pennsylvania might have been named after Nazareth in Gallilee. Or maybe for some Mennonite or Amish named Nazareth. See 3rd paragraph for disclaimer. As far as Nazarene meaning "Traveler" I'd say that was probably spot on, since it says in the Christian Bible that he roamed far and wide preaching his doctrines. Of course, "far and wide" in those days might have only meant a few miles from home port. With a few exceptions walkers or burro/mule/donkey riders don't usually go all that far from home.

As far as his being tortured and killed, that was all foretold in the Hebrew writings of the fate of a "Messiah" that would come and set the people free. When Jesus did come, the Hebrews just didn't believe it was truly him and had him scourged and crucified.

I'm not saying that any of this is true or not true. I'm just relating what I've learned in my life. Everyone has to make up their own mind whether Jesus was the Messiah, the SON of GOD, or whether he rose from the dead after being tortured and killed. It might all be fairy tales, or it might all be true. I guess we all will have to wait until OUR own ends to find out. I'm not promoting any religious comments/arguments by anyone or by myself.

[Departed Member]

Sorry, Skip! I wasn't being facetious! I wasn't sure if you meant Nazareth, Pennsylvania with (most of) you all bein' in the USA! It sort of 'followed on' to recent discussions about some of the (descendants of) Pilgrims who apparently still dress in the style of their 17th Century ancestors.

"Nazarene Rabbi"? Surely this means "Travelling Rabbi (priest, or whatever)" in the Hebrew language? The people known as "Nazarenes" were 'travellers', gypsies, if you will. They had no specific home town (or country, even), having apparently slowly migrated from the East (the true progenitors of what has become known as 'Wicca', as opposed to 'pagan', beliefs). Like your good self, I don't want to get into religious discussions/arguments, of course, as this isn't the place!

[Sylvain]

Yep, Nazareth! It was the town in Galilee where Jesus was born and raised. That's why he was known as the Nazarene Rabbi.

Jesus was born in Bethlehem...

[MAPLEDUDE]

Nazarene, yeah-h-h-h-h. Isn't a nazarene really a fuzzless peach with a very smooth skin that is a frequent somatic mutation of the normal peach? Something maybe related to the apricot family of fruit trees?

RC

[Bravehearts.us]

Personally I wasn’t there to know what really happened to Jesus but it doesn’t really make any difference and has no bearing on what happened to Jan.
Lar

[Skirt Chaser]

Quiet Mouse,
My wife's dress was about as 'formal' as mine. She wore a light cotton dress with floral print. No or very short sleeves.
My attire was formal enough for my wife. She found it looked good on me and certainly appropriate for the restaurant. It's a restaurant that touts itself as 'trendy', not classy or stiff (that's the kind of place my parents prefer
Greetings,
Jan

Thank you for the clarification, Jan. You did assess it accurately, it really wasn't a clothes issue then but a fairness one. I have only experienced 'jacket and tie required' type dress codes (which of course never spell out what is appropriate for women to wear) and knew your dress wouldn't pass the code at a place like that.

Knowing you speak Dutch I thought of you as I saw a sign in a Dutch bakery here in the United States. It said "niet roken" and while it was intended to say "no smoking" I giggled wondering if it also says 'no skirting' since based on the little Dutch I know 'skirt' is 'rok'. My Dutch friend said it doesn't translate that way but I still found the sign funny.

Quiet Mouse

[kiltair]

Quiet Mouse,

That would have been 'Geen rokken!' (=no skirts)

'Niet' = 'no', but only to negate a verb
'Geen' = 'no', but used to negate a noun, like 'not any'

'roken' = 'commanding' sense (? what's correct term in english?) of verb (roken), to smoke'
'rokken' = plural of 'rok', skirt

so, the 'niet roken', looks a bit like 'niet rokken'/'geen rokken', but isn't..

Next week, we're leaving for a 3-month trip through China. Most certainly I will be confused endlessly by the many homonyms in the (spoken) chinese language..

Greetings,

Jan

[Departed Member]

Quiet Mouse,

That would have been 'Geen rokken!' (=no skirts)

Groeten!

Aha! So what would "No tr*users!" be, then? That would look good on a teeshirt, I reckon!

merlin

[Since1982]

Men in skirts is Mannerrocke and women in skirts is Damenrocke. With the appropriate little dots above the letters "a" and "o" in Mannerrocke but not over the "a" in Damenrocke. found at http://www.mode-trend-s.de/