Author Topic: Describe your immediate reaction to this phrase (Read 5748 times)

Graham · « **on:** April 10, 2012, 03:28:37 PM »

the ancient glory of the mighty aurochs

alaric · « **Reply #1 on:** April 10, 2012, 03:38:00 PM »

What the hell is an "auroch"?

Hows that for a reaction? :smoke-pot:

Graham · « **Reply #2 on:** April 10, 2012, 03:55:19 PM »

My reaction to your reaction:

That's it?

Graham · « **Reply #3 on:** April 10, 2012, 03:58:33 PM »

Anyway, an auroch is a mighty thing of ancient glory. What else do you need to know?

Vladimir · « **Reply #4 on:** April 10, 2012, 05:00:21 PM »

It calls to mind images of nerdy adolescents with acne playing Magic: The Gathering.

An auroch is a type of bull.

lefebvre_fan · « **Reply #5 on:** April 10, 2012, 05:34:33 PM »

Quote from: alaric

What the hell is an "auroch"?

This.

Telesphorus · « **Reply #6 on:** April 10, 2012, 06:11:42 PM »

Haven't any of you read Quo Vadis?

In Polish it the Auroch is called a Tur. (I'm not sure of the spelling)

There is an idiom in Polish "As strong as a Tur"

lefebvre_fan · « **Reply #7 on:** April 10, 2012, 07:44:22 PM »

Quote from: Telesphorus

Haven't any of you read Quo Vadis?

Been meaning to...someday...

Telesphorus · « **Reply #8 on:** April 10, 2012, 07:52:08 PM »

I searched that phrase Graham posted. It's from a brochure for Belarus.

Anyway, those are not Aurochs, but European Bison.

An Auroch was a 6 foot tall wild bull. Incredibly ferocious. The last one died in a Polish zoo in the 17th Century.

lefebvre_fan · « **Reply #9 on:** April 11, 2012, 06:43:26 AM »

Quote from: Guest

Quote from: lefebvre_fan
Quote from: alaric
What the hell is an "auroch"?

This.

I think you've been spending too much time on Fisheaters.

Nope, afraid not. I haven't been on that forum in years.

Graham · « **Reply #10 on:** April 11, 2012, 12:04:29 PM »

This phrase makes me suspect that I am easy to manipulate. All one has to do is appeal to my sense of fantasy and heroism with words like ancient, glory, mighty, and then throw in something mysterious like an auroch, and I get excited and can't think straight. Maybe it was just my frame of mind when I read it but that phrase gave me goosebumps.

Telesphorus · « **Reply #11 on:** April 11, 2012, 12:16:39 PM »

Quote from: Graham

This phrase makes me suspect that I am easy to manipulate. All one has to do is appeal to my sense of fantasy and heroism with words like ancient, glory, mighty, and then throw in something mysterious like an auroch, and I get excited and can't think straight. Maybe it was just my frame of mind when I read it but that phrase gave me goosebumps.

Aurochs are pretty cool. From cave paintings to Quo Vadis. Imagine running into one in the open plains, centuries ago.

Graham · « **Reply #12 on:** April 11, 2012, 03:25:26 PM »

Quo ivistis, mighty aurochs of the ancient plain?

Thorn · « **Reply #13 on:** April 11, 2012, 08:02:09 PM »

I might be a bit late, but my reaction would be the same as alaric's.

Änσnymσus · « **Reply #14 on:** May 14, 2012, 11:49:27 AM »

I got a copy of Quo Vadis ? the other day. Haven't a chance to read any yet though.

-Graham

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