Is a Confederate uniform an inappropriate halloween costume?

Started by Faeelin, September 06, 2009, 11:08:47 PM

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Caliga

#90
September 09, 2009, 10:48:31 AM
Quote from: Valmy on September 09, 2009, 10:47:42 AMWhich is a Celt!
Ok.  Btw the French are merely Europeans. :)
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Valmy

#91
September 09, 2009, 10:50:52 AM
Quote from: Caliga on September 09, 2009, 10:48:31 AM
Ok.  Btw the French are merely Europeans. :)

Yes.  The Celts are a cultural group not a tribal group.  The Galatians were one of many many nations from Spain to India that were Celts.

Therefore the French are indeed Europeans.
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Caliga

#93
September 09, 2009, 11:00:02 AM
I think when most people think of a Celt, they're not talking about Galatians.  :huh:
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Valmy

#94
September 09, 2009, 11:03:02 AM
Quote from: Caliga on September 09, 2009, 11:00:02 AM
I think when most people think of a Celt, they're not talking about Galatians.  :huh:

I do.  But then I am a :nerd: .
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Razgovory

#95
September 09, 2009, 05:11:15 PM
Quote from: Caliga on September 09, 2009, 11:00:02 AM
I think when most people think of a Celt, they're not talking about Galatians.  :huh:

True but when most people talk about the Celts they think it's a basketball team.
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Queequeg

#96
September 09, 2009, 06:28:37 PM
Quote from: Caliga on September 09, 2009, 11:00:02 AM
I think when most people think of a Celt, they're not talking about Galatians.  :huh:
Maybe, but they were reasonably similar across inter-Celtic lines.  I doubt even a very well educated man would be able to functionally distinguish Galatian from Gaulish (or for that matter Germans near the frontier) equipment or colors, though I suspect that the Galatians were probably a fair bit darker due to native admixture. 
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Admiral Yi

#97
September 09, 2009, 06:30:21 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on September 09, 2009, 06:28:37 PM
though I suspect that the Galatians were probably a fair bit darker due to native admixture.
With whom?

Queequeg

#98
September 09, 2009, 06:34:41 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 09, 2009, 06:30:21 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on September 09, 2009, 06:28:37 PM
though I suspect that the Galatians were probably a fair bit darker due to native admixture.
With whom?
Greeks and Paleo-Balkan populations. IIRC, our examples of the Galatian language show heavy linguistic influence from Greek and possibly from Paleo-Anatolian languages. 

They probably would have been fairly light skinned by Anatolian standards, though.  The Thracians were famous for being pale and having red hair, and the Thracians would have been the primary admixture I'd think. 
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Faeelin

#99
October 14, 2009, 02:43:28 PM
I have decided. Robert E. Lee, Sith Lord.

jimmy olsen

#100
October 14, 2009, 06:49:30 PM
Quote from: Faeelin on October 14, 2009, 02:43:28 PM
I have decided. Robert E. Lee, Sith Lord.

What?  :lol:

How are you going to mesh the two together?
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Habbaku

#101
October 14, 2009, 06:53:04 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on October 14, 2009, 06:49:30 PM
How are you going to mesh the two together?

Duct tape.
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Faeelin

#102
October 14, 2009, 06:54:31 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on October 14, 2009, 06:49:30 PM
Quote from: Faeelin on October 14, 2009, 02:43:28 PM
I have decided. Robert E. Lee, Sith Lord.

What?  :lol:

How are you going to mesh the two together?

I will use the Confederate uniform, and a white beard. I'll take a lightsaber and a flowing black cape. I will mutter ominously how I find your lack of faith in states' rights disturbing. And I will use my battle meditation to give rebel troops an advantage against the damnyankees.

Ideologue

#103
October 14, 2009, 09:51:17 PM
Boy, a roomfull of people who both get that and find it funny sounds like the funnest Hallowe'en party crowd ever.
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BuddhaRhubarb

#104
October 14, 2009, 09:52:05 PM
Quote from: Mr.Penguin on September 07, 2009, 06:43:53 AM
Unless you can make it into a Yosemite Sam costume (the one where Yosemite Sam guards the Mason-Dixie line, as a CS Colonel) would it be inappropriate...

This would be Awesome especially if you can do the voice.
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