from Elliott
How much would you pay for a wall that was 'worn out, ground to pieces and do you want a wall that is filled with a sense of guilt? Guilt over what - keeping people out?
Still puzzled!
Driving along the tarred road is always interesting. You never know what you may see. Sometimes it is interesting scenery, oftentimes goats or cows, always there are interesting people. Many things are self explanatory while others require a bit more thought.
On a recent drive we saw a large truck carrying concrete blocks and mortar mix - just what you need to make a block wall. That all made sense but the company name was a bit puzzling. "Conrite Walls"
Sometimes the confusion is just a misspelling but with this one I was not sure if they meant 'Concrete' or 'Contrite'. Concrete would make sense for they were carrying block and mortar.
But could it be Contrite? Maybe something was getting lost in translation.
Contrite is an adjective which makes sense but it means caused by or showing sincere remorse or filled with a sense of guilt. And it gets more confusing. Contrite is from the Latin contritus meaning 'worn out, ground to pieces"
How much would you pay for a wall that was 'worn out, ground to pieces and do you want a wall that is filled with a sense of guilt? Guilt over what - keeping people out?
Still puzzled!
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