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A [[council]] is not, ever, a legal adviser: not even a [[Mediocre lawyer|mediocre]] one. The word you are after is ''[[counsel]]''. This also comes from Latin: ''consilium'' (‘consultation, advice’), and the verb ''consulere'' (‘to consult’). | A [[council]] is not, ever, a legal adviser: not even a [[Mediocre lawyer|mediocre]] one. The word you are after is ''[[counsel]]''. This also comes from Latin: ''consilium'' (‘consultation, advice’), and the verb ''consulere'' (‘to consult’). | ||
Lawyers (even [[Mediocre lawyer|mediocre]] ones) will laugh up their sleeves at you should you suggest the need to go and seek [[council]]’s advice. A council never gave sensible advice to anyone. Okay, okay, you might say your average [[counsel]] isn’t much better. | Lawyers (even [[Mediocre lawyer|mediocre]] ones) will laugh up their sleeves at you should you suggest the need to go and seek a [[legal council]]’s advice. A council never gave sensible advice to anyone. Okay, okay, you might say your average [[counsel]] isn’t much better. | ||
But actually, what a cool name for a law firm: the [[Legal Council]]. Imagine how much unintentional/subliminal work they’d get. A bit like a band called [[EXIT]] or [[PUSH PUSH]] (yes I'm looking at you, Mickey Havoc) or a motel that names itself purely to get the first entry in the yellow pages: Like the [[Aabaalea]] motel in Christchurch New Zealand. | |||
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Revision as of 12:20, 3 May 2018
A council is a municipal body where mediocre people make bad decisions about local affairs. “Council” comes from concilium, the Latin word for an assembly or convocation of clever people: con- (‘together’) + calare (‘to summon’).
A council is not, ever, a legal adviser: not even a mediocre one. The word you are after is counsel. This also comes from Latin: consilium (‘consultation, advice’), and the verb consulere (‘to consult’).
Lawyers (even mediocre ones) will laugh up their sleeves at you should you suggest the need to go and seek a legal council’s advice. A council never gave sensible advice to anyone. Okay, okay, you might say your average counsel isn’t much better.
But actually, what a cool name for a law firm: the Legal Council. Imagine how much unintentional/subliminal work they’d get. A bit like a band called EXIT or PUSH PUSH (yes I'm looking at you, Mickey Havoc) or a motel that names itself purely to get the first entry in the yellow pages: Like the Aabaalea motel in Christchurch New Zealand.