Are you a Vimes or Carrot (Wo)man?

[DaveC]

Welcome jdenicholls!

[Tonyblack]

I am being serious! Sheesh!

I know the word in the literary sense.. "the common man". But in this sense I don't get it. Does it mean simple people? Uneducated people? or someone not from high society?

Kate Middleton is a commoner, but she's in the upper eschelons of society AND educated.

You English have turns of phrase we just never use here. We don't have a class society. well there is a secret sort of one but we don't have specific words for it.... unless you use a derogatory word for someone who believes he/she is better than someone else... or a derogatory word for someone at the VERY other end...)

the masses? the working man?

Del, in this case I think this definition applies:

•coarse: lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly ...

[deldaisy]

Tony wrote:
Common:

•coarse: lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly ...

KATE????
She looks like such a NICE girl.........

[Broccolee]

Oh,you know,English people have this THING about the Royals.
So Kate being a commoner in this sense just means she´s not royal.
And in this context you would say working-class folks,maybe?

[Penfold]

Oh,you know,English people have this THING about the Royals.
So Kate being a commoner in this sense just means she´s not royal.
And in this context you would say working-class folks,maybe?

Here's a couple of newspaper articles on the subject.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royal-wedd ... -22863945/

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-storie ... -22721205/

[Tonyblack]

Tony wrote:
Common:

•coarse: lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly ...

KATE????
She looks like such a NICE girl.........

Who is Kate?

[mystmoon]

Tony wrote:
Common:

•coarse: lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly ...

KATE????
She looks like such a NICE girl.........

Who is Kate?

Royal Wedding, Tony. The girl who's marying Prince William

[Tonyblack]

Thanks! I didn't know that. When's it happening so I can make sure I'm out of the country?

[captainmeme]

I prefer Carrot, but the one I like most is Night Watch...

[Antiq]

Oh Vimes, all the way, for sure!

[Joolz]

Vimes No contest! Carrot appears to be slightly amusing but boring

[Joolz]

What would Vimes do? That'd make a great bumper sticker.

I saw a car sticker a few years ago "A Dragon is for life not just Hogswatch"

[rockershovel]

for that matter Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was, technically, a commoner. Didn't stop her becoming the nation's No 1 Gran ( I loved the horsey, gambling, gin-drinking Spitting Image puppet of her )

Diana was also a commoner, although a member of the aristocracy and descended from Charles II by way of various undisputed but illegitimate sons. Hence her title - Diana, Princess of Wales, whereas Princess Anne is so styled due to being royal in her own right, as is Prince Phillip


However the Duchess Fergiana was and remains, common as muck, whatever titles she acquires along the way.

[Ceorlic]

I wasn't aware the daughter of an Earl is regarded as a commoner by anyone. Certainly Diana wasn't from a royal house but she was still of noble birth.

Back on topic, to my mind the lack of a visible thought process for Carrot is what you'd expect from a royal (no treason intended). Traditionally they're very private and are always accused of being remote. So to see the true Carrot you'd need get inside the royal household, which won't be easy in a republic.

I like both characters a lot, especially since Vime's background reminds me of my grandmother (whose family were too proud to go barefoot but too poor to buy shoes that fitted) and Carrots enthusiasm for museums, ironwork and random pieces of information is just as bad as my father's and regrettably my own.

[TheTurtleMoves]

I am a Vimes fan no doubt but I still very much enjoy Carrot and his roles in the AMCW books. I like the fact that there is a center stage role reversal between Carrot and Vimes probably because I have viewed similar goings on in real life and I find Terry's books very helpful in understanding people and the things that go on with them.

I really hope that made sense.