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The Guardian claims that the collective noun is a play on the original by C S Lewis:. This group name [parliament of owls] has its origins in the 1950s children's classic The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis and is a reference to Chaucer's allegorical poem 'The Parliament of Fowls', in which all the birds of the Earth gather together to find a mate.
Parliament can refer to any legislative government body. Its origin is in an assembly gathered to talk.. c. 1300, "consultation; formal conference, assembly," from Old French parlement (11c.), originally "a speaking, talk," from parler "to speak" (see parley (n.)); spelling altered c. 1400 to conform with Medieval Latin parliamentum.
The actual quote is: You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.
The Parliament is the legislative branch of a parliamentary democracy. This type of democracy is found in Britain and in free, independent countries that Britain used to rule. Conversely, a congressional democracy is a system of democratic governance in which the executive branch is separate from the legislative branch and the head of ...
It's "hear, hear". Both Wikipedia and phrases.org.uk cite its origin as the UK Parliament. From the former: It was originally an imperative for directing attention to speakers, and has since been used, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, as "the regular form of cheering in the House of Commons", with many purposes depending on the intonation of its user.
Arguably it doesn't include some "non-citizens" (illegal aliens, temporary residents, etc.). The quoted passage pluralises electorates to emphasise the "universality" of (any) Parliament's attitude to such (by way of contrast to politicians' attitudes, which are biased towards getting votes from them). –
Dear Sir is possibly a little over-formal these days, but the choice between Dear Rector, Dear Rector Smith, Dear Professor/Dr/Mr Smith/ and Dear Egbert will depend on the conventions in the institution in which you are studying/working.
When using the word 'department' (or 'group', 'committee', and the like) as part of a recognized name it would be capitalized:
Parliament. House of Commons Issue 1, Volume 14 1966. Pg. 14,511: Part of the daily orders reads as follows: There will be no leave until morale Improves. The words “no leave until morale improves” have been underlined by the person who sent this excerpt to the Darmouth Free Press.
Related: Use of definite article before phrases like Heathrow Airport, Hyde Park, Waterloo Station, Edgware Road and Parliament Square. – Tim Lymington Commented Feb 26, 2012 at 13:05