The house of Admiral Lord Nelson’s captain Thomas Hardy has come up for sale, prospective buyers will have to come up with £1.5million to secure this historic home.
Portesham House was home to Vice-Admiral Hardy up until 1807, two years after he had sat at Nelson’s deathbed during the Battle of Trafalgar.
As the naval hero lay dying after being fatally shot, he is said to have famously uttered the words ‘Kiss me, Hardy,’ to his long-time friend.
Read more: from the Daily Mail
RE: Kiss Me for £1.5M
He said “Kismet Hardy”
A common misconception
I don’t think so [url]http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/kiss%20me%20hardy.html[/url] see also [url]http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Horatio_Nelson[/url]
RE: Kiss Me for £1.5M
Bollocks, he said Kismet. [i][i]Soldiers and sailors serving in foreign countries often pick up phrases from those lands. Why should Nelson not have learnt the term Kismet (fate) during his time in Egypt? He certainly could have used the term amongst his officers like Captain Hardy. The fact that it was not in the OED only attests that it was not general currency,in Britain,in 1805. But,as said,Nelson had been in Egypt and being there was a war on it would be most likely he would have thought of fate and been told of kismet, its translation. How many would not wonder about fate in such life and death circumstances? Kismet means fate,fate means kismet! At Trafalgar Nelson was near death, in saying “Kismet, Hardy” he would be acknowledging that fate[/i][/i]
Maybe so
but there are also contrary views on the page from which you copy/pasted.
Have you read Nelson is Shot [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Nelson,_1st_Viscount_Nelson[/url] –
While I think “Kismet” is a cooler story, there’s nothing wrong with kissing your mates.