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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 a municipal body where mediocre people make bad decisions about local affairs. “[[Council]]” comes from ''concilium'', the {{tag|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 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. | |||
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*It’s [[Isder]] not [[Eye-ess-dee-aye]] | |||
*[[Swap does not rhyme with crap]] | |||