Compiled by London swaminathan
Date: 17th September 2015
Post No: 2167
Time uploaded in London :– 21-31
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During the time of French Revolution, when the months in France were named Thermidor, Floreal, Nivose etc., — Sheridan proposed to extend the innovation to the English language, beginning with Januray, as – Freezy, Sneezy, Breezy, Wheezy, Showery, Lowery, Flowery, Bowery, Snowy, Flowy, Blowy, Glowy.”
Revolution or Revolt?
Following are some of the anecdotes on revolution:
On the afternoon of July 14, 1789, the Duc de La Rochefoucauls – Liancourt brought to King Louis XVI at Versailles the news of the capture of Bastille. The king exclaimed, “Why, this is a revolt!
“No, sire,” replied the Duke, “it is a revolution.”
Revolutionary Irishman
The character of the natural revolutionary is typified by the Irishman who was cast ashore upon a beach after a shipwreck. Weak and exhausted from his struggle with the waves, the castaway staggered along the sands until he encountered a man. “Is there a government here?” he asked next.
“Of course,” was the reply.
“Then – I am against it?”
Heads Roll! Man who made hats hates!
A man living in a village outside Paris during the Revolution met a friend frsh from the city and asked what was happening.
“It’s awful”, was the reply, “they are cutting off heads by the thousand.”
“Good Heavens! Surely not heads,” he cried.
“Why, I am a hatter!”
(Hatter= one who makes hats and sells)
Tamil and Vedas 
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