So, actually, the explanation of the title text given so far is slightly incorrect: The correct use of "qua" (as a preposition) is NOT essential to the correct use of "sine qua non" (where we use only the Latin relative pronoun). Maybe one could note that the two uses of "qua" are different: While in the meaning of "as"/"in capacity of", qua is a preposition, it is a relative pronoun in the Latin expression "sine qua non". I feel like there should be a duck somewhere. Qua qua qua qua qua qua qua qua qua qua qua qua qua qua qua qua qua qua qua qua qua qua qua qua New editor ( talk) 20:37, 9 March 2022 (UTC)Įh, close enough. 192♱68♰♱ ( talk) 19:11, 9 March 2022 (UTC)įrom what I've seen, you just alternate between " and '. '" although new forms of quote mark would need to be invented. If Megan's not careful, this pattern can quickly spiral to infinity: "Nice use of qua qua qua qua qua qua qua." "Nice use of qua qua qua qua qua qua qua qua qua qua qua qua qua qua qua." "Nice use of." -mezimm 172.70.178.93 16:37, 9 March 2022 (UTC) Megan: Nice use of qua qua qua qua qua qua qua.Īdd a comment! ⋅ add a topic (use sparingly)! ⋅ refresh comments! DiscussionĪs i've never seen anyone use this, we can safely assume that exterminating these people would not affect the world one bit 162.158.191.131 10:39, 10 March 2022 (UTC) Transcript Cueball: People mostly use "qua" to sound pretentious.
However, the **qua** in title text phrase is a demonstrative pronoun ("which"), unlike the other **qua** which is an adverb, so the similarity is only coincidental. Thus, the title text says that "the word 'qua' in its real meaning is essential to the phrase 'sine qua non' used correctly". The title text goes further with this, using a Latin phrase sine qua non (meaning literally "without which not"), commonly rendered as "that which is absolutely necessary" or "essential". Following this trend, you can create a grammatically correct sentence that includes 'qua' a consecutive number of times equal to (2 n-1), where n is a natural number. This is similar to other complex sentences such as "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo", "That that is is that that is not is not is that it it is", and "James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher". The joke is that, for the reader, the conversation has likely dissolved into gibberish because of unfamiliar terminology and semantic satiation.
#QUAQUA IN LATIN SERIES#
However, Megan one-ups this with a series of seven quas: she compliments Cueball's successful use of "qua qua qua qua qua qua qua", or "the phrase 'qua qua qua' for its correct meaning". Thus, people do not use "qua qua qua", or "qua for the sake of qua". "entertainment qua entertainment") means when X is being viewed in its most typical capacity (eg, entertainment as something that entertains, rather than as a business, a form of propaganda, or whatever).įor example, "A copy, qua copy, can never be the equal of the exemplar, and it may be much its inferior." Ĭueball claims that people only use qua to "sound pretentious" without properly understanding its meaning. For instance "In essence, military regimes are autocracies in which the military qua organization performs many of the functions performed by the ruling party in single-party regimes". Qua is a relatively rare, formal word, from Latin, roughly meaning "in the capacity of".
If you can address this issue, please edit the page! Thanks. This explanation may be incomplete or incorrect: Please expand the explanation, and clarify the definition of "qua". Title text: Qua qua qua is the sine qua non of sine qua non qua sine qua non.
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