"Where there is discourse, may we bring harmony"

Nottseagull

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• Jun 18, 2013

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Sorry, this is nothing to do with dispute at the club!
It's about my misunderstanding of the word discourse, formed in 1979 listening to Margaret Thatcher's victory speech. The context in which she used it implies it means disagreement or confrontation, but I've only just checked its spelling to use the word and I find it means no such thing.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/discourse
Can anybody explain why Mrs Thatch used this word?

 

Blue Valkyrie

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• Jun 18, 2013

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Probably meant to say discord instead.

 

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You mean discord.

 

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holds head in hands in sheer despair at the OP

 

Goldstone Rapper

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When Thatcher said, "Where there is discord, may we bring harmony' was it a pro-pop / anti-punk musical statement?

 

DavidinSouthampton

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• Jun 18, 2013

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It comes from St Francis of Assisi, although if you read the attached, there seems to be some doubt about that. and it should be "discord"

http://www.ask.com/wiki/Prayer_of_Saint_Francis?o=2802&qsrc=999

It was also quoted by Mother Teresa, so Margaret Thatcher fitted in quite comfortably with St Francis and Mother Teresa.......... or not, as the case may be!

PS - My father-in-law was a Methodist minister. I can remember him being absolutely furious when Thatcher misquoted St Francis.

 

Nottseagull

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Err..thanks all, guess I should have searched the quote beforehand!

 

DavidinSouthampton

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Nottseagull said:

Err..thanks all, guess I should have searched the quote beforehand!

Click to expand...

Why? Gives us all something else to talk about.

 

Pavilionaire

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• Jun 19, 2013

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I always thought she'd said "Discos"...

 

jonny.rainbow

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It was an advance gambling tip.

"Where there is Desert Orchid, may we bring our money."

 

kevo

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The poll tax riots, the miners' strike, the Falklands War... she didn't really achieve her aim, did she?