User:FR Soliloquy
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[edit] Significance of the Alias FR Soliloquy:
[edit] Etymology
[edit] FR
- According to the original founder of the alias FR Soliloquy, FR signifies French or French language (ISO 639 alpha-2, fr). It was inspired by Windows XP Operating system desktop language bar. This toolbar utilizes an abbreviation that may, if engaged, be seen at the bottom right corner of the Windows based system.
[edit] Other meanings
It may however have other relevant meanings such as:
- francium: a radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium, or; [1]
- .fr: the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for France. Along with .re and .tf, it is administered by AFNIC, or;
- in the Forgotten Realms - signifies the fantasy world in which BG, BG2, IWD, IWD2 are set, or;[2]
- flame-retardant [3]
[edit] Soliloquy
- According to the orginal founder of the Alias FR Soliloquy, Soliloquy signifies: "A monologue delivered by a single actor with no one else onstage, sometimes played as the character "thinking aloud" and sometimes as a seeming dialogue with the (silent) audience."[4]
- Further more: a Soliloquy may be;
direct address, which is "a character's speech delivered directly to the audience, common in Greek Old Comedy (see parabasis), in Shakespeare's work (see soliloquy), in epic theatre, and in some otherwise realistic modern plays (such as Neil Simon's Broadway Bound)."
[edit] Example of soliloquy
King Leopold's Soliloquy (political satire) is a soliloquy that can be found at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/86
