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Re: "Heart rendering"

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From: hayes...@telkomsa.net (Steve Hayes)
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Subject: Re: "Heart rendering"
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2022 12:49:22 -0000 (UTC)
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by: Steve Hayes - Sat, 5 Mar 2022 12:49 UTC

On Sun, 27 Feb 2022 11:26:18 -0500, Bill Day wrote:

> I was watching news about Ukraine a couple of days ago, and on MSNBC a
> very brave and competent woman reporter on the scene noted that in the
> early hours of the invasion, there were many 'heart rendering' scenes.
> That is just one of many phrases one can hear with clear intent, but
> totally inappropriate usage.
> The one I hear often is "wrecking havoc". I have no idea how to
> instill the correct usages in the public at large.

I have also seen and heard "rend your hearts and not your garments"
rendered as "Render hearts and not your garments."

A case of extraordinary rendition, perhaps?

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Steve Hayes http://khanya.wordpress.com

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by: Ken Blake - Sat, 5 Mar 2022 16:26 UTC

On Sat, 5 Mar 2022 12:49:22 -0000 (UTC), Steve Hayes
<hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:

>On Sun, 27 Feb 2022 11:26:18 -0500, Bill Day wrote:
>
>> I was watching news about Ukraine a couple of days ago, and on MSNBC a
>> very brave and competent woman reporter on the scene noted that in the
>> early hours of the invasion, there were many 'heart rendering' scenes.
>> That is just one of many phrases one can hear with clear intent, but
>> totally inappropriate usage.
>> The one I hear often is "wrecking havoc". I have no idea how to
>> instill the correct usages in the public at large.
>
>
>I have also seen and heard "rend your hearts and not your garments"
>rendered as "Render hearts and not your garments."

I've never heard it, but perhaps someone might say "reindeer hurts and
not your garnets."

--
The real, original Ken Blake, not some other newcomer

You will always find something in the last place you look.

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Subject	Author
Re: "Heart rendering"	Steve Hayes
Re: "Heart rendering"	Ken Blake