Sep 2, 2010 09:19
13 yrs ago
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House
English
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Government / Politics
What is meant by "this house" in the following sentence:
This House deplores the release of the Lockerbie bomber to Libya
Paragraph:
And your role tonight is to decide if letting him go home to die was right or wrong. Our motion: 'This House deplores the release of the Lockerbie bomber to Libya', and as ever our panel is deeply divided on the issue.
Full context:
http://www.dohadebates.com/debates/debate.asp?d=60&s=6&mode=...
This House deplores the release of the Lockerbie bomber to Libya
Paragraph:
And your role tonight is to decide if letting him go home to die was right or wrong. Our motion: 'This House deplores the release of the Lockerbie bomber to Libya', and as ever our panel is deeply divided on the issue.
Full context:
http://www.dohadebates.com/debates/debate.asp?d=60&s=6&mode=...
Responses
| 4 +13 | this "Doha Debates" session |
Jack Doughty
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| 3 -3 | stall |
Komeil Zamani Babgohari
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Responses
+13
6 mins
Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
&
English
Works in field
United Kingdom
Translator since 1953
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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56
Selected
this "Doha Debates" session
"Doha Debates" is an unusual name for a debating forum, but that is what this appears to be. "This House" is a formula used in motions proposed for debate in such institutions as the House of Commons (UK), House of Representatives (USA), the Oxford Union (a debating society for undergraduates), etc., and the same formula is being applied here.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
-3
19 mins
Komeil Zamani Babgohari
Iran
Iran
Iran
Integrity and Fidelity Talk!
Native in: Persian (Farsi) 
Works in: English to Persian (Farsi), Persian (Farsi) to English, Persian (Farsi)
stall
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Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Catharine Cellier-Smart
: can't see how that would fit here. Any explanations ?
3 mins
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| disagree |
Oliver Lawrence
: it means what Jack has said
9 mins
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| disagree |
B D Finch
: No apparent reason for this suggestion.
48 mins
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| neutral |
BdiL
: A hint of one-sidedness? Not funny!
7 days
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