General Discussion
White Stone
Walking up Long Lane at the back of Dawlish up towards Haldon you'll see a small white stone set in the bank on the left-hand side with what appears to be a Latin inscription on it - looks like "In Semplicitas Veritas" (?). Does anyone know what it's all about?
When you were walking along Long Lane were you also thinking of the feasibility of it being widened and its route becoming the new main road in and out of Dawlish?
Yes Lynne,though your passion for various subjects such as development is commendable, but why not stick to the subject matter of this thread,instead of trying to turn it into a political debate.
Youve told others not to read or post on threads that dont interest them,now youve tried to turn an interesting equiry into yet another sounding board
It would be interesting to know who placed them there and when or why.
Done a bit of research,and im no latin expert so feel free to correct me but:
As Brazil says,Veritas,verus,veri basically means truth,honesty,virtue.
semplicitas is a bit more complex from what ive seen,depending on the context in which it is used. there doesnt seem to be a direct latin translation,but it appears in modern day Italian (semplicta) meaning simplicity or simpleness(again,Brazil close enough on that one)
Although it does appear in latin phrases,it seems to refer to solid,unbreakable,indestructable,its meaning has been altered over the ages,depending on what the author of the phrase was trying to say.
I guess only the person who placed the stones there knew what message he/she was trying to convey to all that read them
I wasn't turning this thread into a political debate. What I was doing was asking Neilh a question given that he had been along Long Lane because Long Lane, on a different thread, had been put forward as a possible alternative route in and out of Dawlish.
But of course if it bothers people that I asked that question about Long Lane on this thread then I could always start a separate thread on the subject..........