On 30/12/2019 10:33 a.m., Dallas Hinton : August Abolins wrote:

 DH> Hi August -- on Dec 31 2019 at 02:07, you wrote:


 AA>>    ...."The curse of St
 AA>> Withold upon these infernal porkers!" said the swine-herd,
 AA>> after blowing his horn obstreperously,.." I
 AA>> mean, "obstreperous" is not a word that anyone is likely to
 AA>> whip out in conversation.  But maybe I will *now*! LOL

 DH> I must confess that in my teaching days I would use the word to
 DH> calm excited students: "Now class, don't be obstreperous!". It
 DH> puzzled them enough that they settled down (at least for a
 DH> bit!).

Heheh!  That would certainly catch them off guard (like when a dog tilts its
head when it hears an unusual sound for the first time).  I can just picture
the kids doing something like that!

I'd upgrade the phrase and call kids like that "you little infernal
obstreperous porkers"  

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