# "Italian Teacher or Tudor Wanted" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 30, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-teacher-or-tudor-wanted/242887 "2004-04-30T19:12:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-teacher-or-tudor-wanted/242887/1 "2004-04-30T19:12:23Z")
From a job-search site: “I am looking for an italian teacher personal tudor (one on one) or lessons in possibly group or class like sessions.” I am so tempted to dress up like Anne Boleyn and knock on their door . . . ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-teacher-or-tudor-wanted/242887/2 "2004-04-30T19:20:28Z")
Do you have 6 fingers on one hand? IIRC, Anne Boelyn could use her fingers to count to 11. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-teacher-or-tudor-wanted/242887/3 "2004-04-30T19:33:17Z")
Maybe he’s looking to buy a specific type of house with a lot of statuary in the yard. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-teacher-or-tudor-wanted/242887/4 "2004-04-30T19:59:16Z")
Hey, Eve, too bad it’s not Spanish. You could totally go as Katherine of Aragon. No extra fingers required there. OR, if you happen to have chosen a foundation that’s way too light, you could go as Elizabeth I. I know what you’re thinking, it’s hard to drive while wearing a farthingale, never mind that huge collar. But so worth it, don’t you think? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-teacher-or-tudor-wanted/242887/5 "2004-04-30T20:15:56Z")
> [@Caricci](#): > > OR, if you happen to have chosen a foundation that’s way too light, you could go as Elizabeth I. Well, I guess technically speaking (DNA-wise) Elizabeth I was a Tudor. Would Isabella D’Este or Lucretia Borgia have been “Italian Tudors?” ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-teacher-or-tudor-wanted/242887/6 "2004-04-30T20:17:08Z")
Let me know if anyone’s looking for a Tooter. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-teacher-or-tudor-wanted/242887/7 "2004-04-30T20:20:02Z")
Well, [ditionary.com](http://ditionary.com) has this entry for Tudor: > [@](#): > > \Tu"dor, a. Of or pertaining to a royal line of England, descended from Owen Tudor of Wales Perhaps the advertiser is just picky… ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-teacher-or-tudor-wanted/242887/8 "2004-04-30T20:21:14Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Well, I guess technically speaking (DNA-wise) Elizabeth I was a Tudor. Would Isabella D’Este or Lucretia Borgia have been “Italian Tudors?” Sure she was! Elizabeth I was Anne Boleyn’s daughter and, also, Henry VIII’s daughter. ---
**Author:** ![Gotterfunken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@Gotterfunken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotterfunken)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-teacher-or-tudor-wanted/242887/9 "2004-04-30T20:34:40Z")
What about “Bloody” Mary Tudor? You can show up with your own kindling wood for getting rid of pesky Protestants. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-teacher-or-tudor-wanted/242887/10 "2004-04-30T20:40:14Z")
"Cold is God’s way of telling us to burn more Protestants, ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-teacher-or-tudor-wanted/242887/11 "2004-04-30T20:42:02Z")
That was _supposed_ to read, There’s a Blackadder quote for every possible situation— Lady Whiteadder: “Cold is God’s way of telling us to burn more Protestants.” ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-teacher-or-tudor-wanted/242887/12 "2004-05-01T00:40:48Z")
I have an ad for birds for sale somewhere that says like, “Macaw, cow included, African grey, cow included.” How does someone misspell ‘cage’ in this manner twice? Or maybe I should have verified the cow thing by checking the livestock ads. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-teacher-or-tudor-wanted/242887/13 "2004-05-01T00:53:45Z")
Hee! Bless you, **lieu** , that made my afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-teacher-or-tudor-wanted/242887/14 "2004-05-01T01:16:02Z")
Sheesh, it’s just a simple spelling mistake! He obviously meant to write “two-door”. So, just drive up in a Miata and everything will be fine. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-teacher-or-tudor-wanted/242887/15 "2004-05-01T01:46:44Z")
I agree, the ad is definitely not clear. Will any Tudor do or does it have to be an _Italian_ Tudor? If the later, I’m not sure how easy it is to find a member of the House of Tudor that is also Italian… ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-teacher-or-tudor-wanted/242887/16 "2004-05-01T02:16:35Z")
Of course, perhaps an Italian person who lived during the Tudor era would suffice–thus, my Isabella D’Este or Lucretia Borgia suggestion.