Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[hank970]

You were being pedantic idiot thinking that you were making a grand point by pointing out that there is no corn outside the windows of the UCF or Houston president.

But there is plenty of corn to be found in the conference, even if a blithering oaf like you is the one looking for it.

As an aside, why are you even here?

There you go again, resorting to ad hominem attacks rather than framing a cogent argument. As always, logos, pathos, ethos.

I'm not a shrink or therapist, but your fixation with corn seems odd to me, particularly as regards conference realignment. Do you think you scored a grand point by pointing out that corn is grown in parts of B12 country?

 

[drayenob]

'This is my corn. You people are guests in my corn.' - Field of Dreams

Ray Kinsella: This is my corn. You people are guests in my corn.

clip.cafe

 

[Waquoit]

There you go again, resorting to ad hominem attacks rather than framing a cogent argument.

Not really, ad hominem attacks are fallacious and that's not the case here.

 

[RuffRuff]

Not really, ad hominem attacks are fallacious and that's not the case here.

Always entertaining watching grown men challenge each other around which Latin they can insert into a post to make themselves sound smarter. The grammar maffia here is one of a kind.

Total pro b0ners.

 

[Chuck]

Always entertaining watching grown men challenge each other around which Latin they can insert into a post to make themselves sound smarter. The grammar Maffia here is one of a kind.

Total pro 'yarders.

Maffia shouldn't be capitalized.

 

[History Geek]

Maffia shouldn't be capitalized.

And mafia only has one "f."

 

[Fairfield_1st]

And mafia only has one "f."

I thought the same thing, but they chose the less common but still correct variant of the spelling, probably to sound smarter.
Thank you Google for this.
The words "maffia" and "mafia" are essentially the same, both referring to organized criminal organizations, but "mafia" is the more common and widely used term, while "maffia" is a variant spelling, often used in a historical or specific context.

 

[History Geek]

I thought the same thing, but they chose the less common but still correct variant of the spelling, probably to sound smarter.
Thank you Google for this.
The words "maffia" and "mafia" are essentially the same, both referring to organized criminal organizations, but "mafia" is the more common and widely used term, while "maffia" is a variant spelling, often used in a historical or specific context.

I stand corrected

 

[RuffRuff]

And mafia only has one "f."

You’ve clearly watched Goodfellas at least 10x

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Maffia shouldn't be capitalized.

It also has only one f.

 

[Chuck]

It also has only one f.

Yup. I had that in my original and edited it because I doubted myself. Looks like it depends on which maf(f)ia you are talking about, but one f should be the standard! Always go with your first answer.

 

[Drew]

 

[Drew]

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Wow. They just made the NCAA tourney this year. Reminiscent of Hartford a few years ago. Leaves the NEC with 7 schools I believe.

 

[ScottVib]

Both Saint Francis' that were D1 have left the division (Brooklyn dropped athletics all together if I recall correctly)

 

[WrenchFan69]

Wow. They just made the NCAA tourney this year. Reminiscent of Hartford a few years ago. Leaves the NEC with 7 schools I believe.

They will have 8 as they added Chicago St last year. 3 schools jumped from D2 since 2022. The NEC is in a very bad place

 

[Drew]

They will have 8 as they added Chicago St last year. 3 schools jumped from D2 since 2022. The NEC is in a very bad place

University of New Haven - come on down!

 

[UConnDan97]

I stand corrected

Maffia shouldn't be capitalized.

MAFIA should technically be entirely capitalized, as it's an acronym, and indeed it should only have one F.

Morte Alla Francia Italia Avanti (or Morte Alla Francia Italia Anela). Meaning "Death to France, Italy Advance".

If you believe the earliest stories, it was groups of Sicilians trying to drive out the French occupation of Sicily during Napoleon's time. What started probably as something non-criminal morphed into what we know it as during modern times...

 

[Kolumbo]

I thought the same thing, but they chose the less common but still correct variant of the spelling, probably to sound smarter.
Thank you Google for this.
The words "maffia" and "mafia" are essentially the same, both referring to organized criminal organizations, but "mafia" is the more common and widely used term, while "maffia" is a variant spelling, often used in a historical or specific context.

Cosa Nostra. Amateurs

MAFIA should technically be entirely capitalized, as it's an acronym, and indeed it should only have one F.

Morte Alla Francia Italia Avanti (or Morte Alla Francia Italia Anela). Meaning "Death to France, Italy Advance".

If you believe the earliest stories, it was groups of Sicilians trying to drive out the French occupation of Sicily during Napoleon's time. What started probably as something non-criminal morphed into what we know it as during modern times...

I think Mafia is Mafia

The word Mafia (English: /ˈmɑːfiə/; Italian: [ˈmaːfja]) derives from the Sicilian adjective mafiusu, which, roughly translated, means 'swagger', but can also be translated as 'boldness' or 'bravado'. In reference to a man, mafiusu (mafioso in Italian) in 19th century Sicily signified 'fearless', 'enterprising', and 'proud', according to scholar Diego Gambetta.[7] In reference to a woman, however, the feminine-form adjective mafiusa means 'beautiful' or 'attractive'.

 

[UConnDan97]

Cosa Nostra. Amateurs



I think Mafia is Mafia

The word Mafia (English: /ˈmɑːfiə/; Italian: [ˈmaːfja]) derives from the Sicilian adjective mafiusu, which, roughly translated, means 'swagger', but can also be translated as 'boldness' or 'bravado'. In reference to a man, mafiusu (mafioso in Italian) in 19th century Sicily signified 'fearless', 'enterprising', and 'proud', according to scholar Diego Gambetta.[7] In reference to a woman, however, the feminine-form adjective mafiusa means 'beautiful' or 'attractive'.

... and where do you think that mafiusu came from?? And what had happened at the turn of the 18th to 19th century in Sicily??

Sicilian as a dialect is much much older than the 19th century (I'm one that can speak it with relative fluency). It's like being called a "real trooper" to signify someone who is brave or gives great effort, but the meaning originally comes from being part of a troop.

It's the organization that gave the adjective its meaning, not the other way around...

 

[UConnDan97]

... anyhoo, has anyone seen any key tweets lately?

 

[Stinger92860]

MAFIA should technically be entirely capitalized, as it's an acronym, and indeed it should only have one F.

Morte Alla Francia Italia Avanti (or Morte Alla Francia Italia Anela). Meaning "Death to France, Italy Advance".

If you believe the earliest stories, it was groups of Sicilians trying to drive out the French occupation of Sicily during Napoleon's time. What started probably as something non-criminal morphed into what we know it as during modern times...

My family was successful and the French occupation is no more. i can confirm, that today there are no French in the comune of Limina.

 

[uconnyankee]

... anyhoo, has anyone seen any key tweets lately?

Key Tweets has become this…

 

[Kolumbo]

... anyhoo, has anyone seen any key tweets lately?

All the key tweets sleep with the fishes

 

[FfldCntyFan]

... anyhoo, has anyone seen any key tweets lately?

In retrospect it appears that there were never any real key tweets.