Germans adopted Fernseher for "television", but have mostly rejected Fernsprecher ("far-speaker") in favour of Telefon.
Salt will be rubbed in the wound by the fact, emphasised by many speakers in favour of the proposal, that all Oxford-educated prime ministers this century have received honorary doctorates.
The speakers in favour were worthy but dull, but the traditionalist rhetoric had a ghastly fascination, as if it came from another planet, one where light no longer travels in straight lines but spirals towards some terrible singularity or black hole.
However, whereas more English speakers were in favour of criminalization (F7), there were no differences for sex, education, or acquaintance with PLWHA.
Not surprisingly all speakers were strongly in favour of Guidelines although each speaker saw and described their structure, design and use with differing perspectives.
The speaker does not participate in debates and votes only in order to break a tie, a case that compels the speaker to vote in favour of the status quo.
While amendments are possible – and frequent – there was a tendency for speakers to argue in favour or against, rather than to explore.
The Labor motion charged the Speaker with serious partiality in favour of the government; a failure to interpret the standing orders, and gross incompetency in parliamentary procedure.
"That's at risk of being lost when speakers abandon their languages in favour of regional, national or international tongues".
More than 200 delegates attending the six-day general synod 2016 narrowly rejected the resolution on Monday night after hearing from more than 60 speakers, most of them in favour of gay marriage.
