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Antonija Posted 20 years ago
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Sturnalia festivity

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02font 02i 02br 02br 00It was not a festival I was previously familiar with, so if your readers are average Americans, you might want a different choice. But if you want to keep it, perhaps 01i 00like a small planet celebrating Saturnalia02i 00. 0-

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  • 02font 02i 02br 02br 00It was not a festival I was previously familiar with, so if your readers are average Americans, you might want a different choice.
  • But if you want to keep it, perhaps 01i 00like a small planet celebrating Saturnalia02i 00.
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0I had to look up 01i01font00Saturnalia.02font02i02br
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00It was not a festival I was previously familiar with, so if your readers are average Americans, you might want a different choice. But if you want to keep it, perhaps 01i00like a small planet celebrating Saturnalia02i00. Although veins a
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0Thank you Grammar Geek. 02br
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00I know that planets and veins don't go together well, but one has to translate it somehow:) 0-
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0It's an odd simile. The Saturnalia was a time of misrule: slaves were allowed to mock their masters, the schools and law-courts were closed, and the usual order was reversed. There was also a fair bit of revelry and licentiousness, of course; but I think "misrule" is what we usually associate with the Saturnalia.02br
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0 Could be, good thinking Mister P. 0-
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