tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post7869576047455980014..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: All the single damesPhoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-57551349118158997452009-04-03T11:26:00.000-04:002009-04-03T11:26:00.000-04:00Does France not have a random hookup culture, or i...<I>Does France not have a random hookup culture, or is célibat à durée indéterminée a bit of a misnomer?</I><BR/><BR/>Well, even if it wasn't a bit of a false cognate, I'd guess that the duration between random hook-ups would still be an indeterminate one, would it not?Matthttp://www.ssrn.com/author=410582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-63523845317338745572009-04-03T09:21:00.000-04:002009-04-03T09:21:00.000-04:00Yes, it's true, celibataire means single, not celi...Yes, it's true, celibataire means single, not celibate.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-75464044776426925592009-04-03T01:19:00.000-04:002009-04-03T01:19:00.000-04:00The original Latin for celibate simply means unmar...The original Latin for celibate simply means unmarried, not chaste. This is also true of its original English definition though the dictionaries have given up and now define it as chaste. Phoebe could tell you whether French has followed English in this regard.Andrew Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13453328821252013152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-59781516835425058992009-04-03T00:52:00.000-04:002009-04-03T00:52:00.000-04:00Does France not have a random hookup culture, or i...Does France not have a random hookup culture, or is célibat à durée indéterminée a bit of a misnomer?PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-26563377572448673032009-04-03T00:37:00.000-04:002009-04-03T00:37:00.000-04:00Are you suggesting that Jewish women date non-Jewi...Are you suggesting that Jewish women date non-Jewish men with superior math skills? I've never heard of such a thing.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-45776262099211662492009-04-03T00:35:00.000-04:002009-04-03T00:35:00.000-04:00They should all come to Silicon Valley and be will...They should all come to Silicon Valley and be willing to date gentiles. Problem solved via the magic of male/female ratios.Paul Gowderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987034334075962676noreply@blogger.com