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English & Linguistics / The random etymology of the day

« on: August 28, 2006, 11:52:36 AM »

I'm not so worried about the sound...

Have you ever walked into a ward house that had five nurseries?

But maybe celestial poopies smell like roses.

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English & Linguistics / The random etymology of the day

« on: August 28, 2006, 11:02:08 AM »

So the scripture might read:  "in my Father's house are many residences?"

I guess that precludes blasting the stereo at all hours.

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English & Linguistics / The random etymology of the day

« on: August 28, 2006, 10:47:13 AM »

Mansion-

We've got scriptures that say "in my Father's house are many mansions" and "mansions of my Father."

Every time we sing Have I Done Any Good in church, I notice that a lot of people put an (s) at the end of the word mansion in the chorus:  "Then wake up and do something more than dream of your mansion(s) above.."  I wonder if people singing this song have in mind a heaven filled with marble-columned manor houses, and perhaps hope for more than one.

I think it might help us understand the scriptural meaning of the word if we knew its etymology.

Anyway, I don't think we're talking about large manor houses, but rather a number of separate dwellings or apartments within a large structure.  Knowing that, maybe folks wouldn't hiss that ess so enthusiastically when they sing.

[/rant]

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English & Linguistics / In defense of the word, "sucks."

« on: August 10, 2006, 10:51:39 AM »

Does this mean I can't say "douche bag" anymore?

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English & Linguistics / Here's a new one.

« on: August 04, 2006, 02:02:18 PM »

Sounds like New Zealand.  Merry Christmas is pronounced meery Christmas.

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English & Linguistics / Linguistic Maps

« on: August 02, 2006, 08:54:05 PM »

The chart I saw had me scratching my head, as Japanese and Finnish were shown to have common roots.

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English & Linguistics / Linguistic Maps

« on: August 02, 2006, 08:24:05 PM »

Can you find a map that shows similarities in languages from one region to another and probable migration paths of those languages?

Where did I see that tree-chart that traced all modern languages back to their origins?

 

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English & Linguistics / Quotes from work

« on: August 02, 2006, 01:55:38 PM »

"vicks vox vuxen"

What the Swedish gentleman said when he took his pet fox to the vet to be neutered.