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March 12, 2007
In Pig Latin in the Comments Below, Bingley Notes
...It's much like classical/mythological greece: you name determines your destiny.We all know what Vader told Luke about his 'destiny', so I decided I'd see what Bingley had in store. From the Greek:
bingle [bIngl]ουσ. είδος κόμμωσης "αλα-γκαρσόν" # αθλοπ. (στο μπέιζμπολ:) κτύπημα βάσης
Being a bit rusty Rosetta Stone-wise (and weary from collating scribbles memorized whilst watching a Dead Sea Scroll special last night ~ who says I'm dull?), I went for the English translation of 'bingle', since the word doesn't appear naturally in our native tongue. Not an accident or oversight, I'm assuming.
bingle
A noun
1 base hit, safety, bingle
(baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely
From this I guess we infer Bingley will always reach base safely, but the question of 'advancement' is up in the air and entirely reliant upon the good will/hard work of others. Amazingly enough, his modus operandi to a 'T'.
Considering that the closest English equivalent to 'bingley' is 'BUNGLE', I suggest we not dwell on depressing destiny and just give my sweet brother the signal to "swing away!"
And be prepared to duck.
Posted by tree hugging sister at March 12, 2007 12:31 PM