EN PARLANT DU PARLI-MODE

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Parlez a Parli-mode



Parliament. Merriam-Webster:

Pronunciation: \ˈpär-lə-mənt also ˈpärl-yə-\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French parlement, from parler [to speak]
Date: 13th century

1 : a formal conference for the discussion of public affairs; specifically : a council of state in early medieval England 3 a : the supreme legislative body of a usually major political unit that is a continuing institution comprising a series of individual assemblages b : the British House of Commons

Origin of Parler= latin, verbe intransitif
(latin ecclésiastique parabolare, de parabola, parole)-to speak

Origin of Mode= (latin modus, manière)

Parli-mode= speak fashion

If fashion in Canada had a voice...how would it sound?

Fashion is a value added product of the secondary and tertiary sectors of the economy that generates much more money than the primary sector of simple resources such as trees and unrefined oil. Canada has more trees than Sweden can ever dream of, yet it is IKEA that is exported around the world. It can employ scores of people and generate huge revenue as an export industry, but fashion is simply under-promoted in Ottawa. If Canadian fashion had a voice, it would be of the most refined jazz singer who sang in the lounges of New Orleans, waiting to be discovered.

What are the politics of fashion, and what is the fashion of politics? That is what this blog aims to discover.






1 comment:

  1. ...and what are Harper and Ignatieff wearing today? How does that affect the poll numbers?

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