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Re: What do they call . . .
« Reply #25 on: July 27, 2011, 08:41:41 AM »
Mata means slaughter in Arabic.  Flyslaughter sounds like a useful spell in Harry Potter.
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Re: What do they call . . .
« Reply #26 on: July 27, 2011, 03:13:53 PM »
It means kills in Spanish too.
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Re: What do they call . . .
« Reply #27 on: July 27, 2011, 05:26:09 PM »
It also means plant (the noun) in Spanish.  :p
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Re: What do they call . . .
« Reply #28 on: July 27, 2011, 07:58:14 PM »
Interesting.  Now that's some etymology I'd like explained.
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Re: What do they call . . .
« Reply #29 on: July 27, 2011, 08:30:04 PM »
Unrelated. When it's a verb spelled that way, it's inflected. The root of the word is different.
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Re: What do they call . . .
« Reply #30 on: July 28, 2011, 10:08:19 AM »
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Re: What do they call . . .
« Reply #31 on: January 29, 2013, 02:47:09 PM »
What do they call people from Phoenix, Arizona?  Phoenicians?
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Re: What do they call . . .
« Reply #32 on: January 29, 2013, 02:52:21 PM »
Yes. See the sidebar at the top right of the Wikipedia article.
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Re: What do they call . . .
« Reply #33 on: January 29, 2013, 04:09:25 PM »
Quote from: Tante Shvester on January 29, 2013, 02:47:09 PM
What do they call people from Phoenix, Arizona?  Phoenicians?
That's what my brother and SIL say.
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Re: What do they call . . .
« Reply #34 on: January 29, 2013, 06:09:46 PM »
We should start calling folks from Provo, Provosts.
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Re: What do they call . . .
« Reply #35 on: March 11, 2013, 06:21:21 PM »
We really should.
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Re: What do they call . . .
« Reply #36 on: March 11, 2013, 07:34:19 PM »
Speaking of Provo, have you guys heard that Kia has a concept car called the Provo? Apparently it's controversial because "Provo" is a nickname for members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
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Re: What do they call . . .
« Reply #37 on: March 11, 2013, 08:04:19 PM »
Man, I don't like terrorism, but Provo as a name is getting cooler all the time.
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Re: What do they call . . .
« Reply #38 on: March 12, 2013, 06:27:12 PM »
I am still wondering whether we can get Rexbourgeois and Rexbourgeoisie to catch on.
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Re: What do they call . . .
« Reply #39 on: March 15, 2013, 08:43:52 AM »
Quote from: Marianne Dashwood on July 25, 2011, 11:05:34 AM
Oh! Looks like the French have a more common word for philtrum. It's l'arc de Cupidon, or "Cupid's bow." Kind of cute.

I always heard it called "La marque de l'ange". It comes from a story saying that before babies are born, they remember where they were before being conceived (Paradize?). When they are born their guardian angel puts his finger on their lips and say "shush", making them forget everything.
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Re: What do they call . . .
« Reply #40 on: March 15, 2013, 04:01:06 PM »
I wonder if that's why the French hymnal has Souviens Toi while the English hymnal doesn't.
http://rixarixa.blogspot.com/2006/12/souviens-toi-mon-enfant-remember-my.html
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Re: What do they call . . .
« Reply #41 on: March 15, 2013, 06:17:43 PM »
Quote from: Anna on March 15, 2013, 08:43:52 AM
It comes from a story saying that before babies are born, they remember where they were before being conceived (Paradize?). When they are born their guardian angel puts his finger on their lips and say "shush", making them forget everything.
That comes from the Gemara. Only the Jewish version has them being taught the entire Torah while in the womb, and then tapped on the mouth to make them forget as they are born.

(I've heard there's a version from Plato as well, but I've never seen it in any of his writings.)
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Re: What do they call . . .
« Reply #42 on: March 16, 2013, 02:22:45 AM »
Quote from: pooka on March 15, 2013, 04:01:06 PM
I wonder if that's why the French hymnal has Souviens Toi while the English hymnal doesn't.
http://rixarixa.blogspot.com/2006/12/souviens-toi-mon-enfant-remember-my.html

Except Souviens-Toi, while lovely, was written by Mormons, so I don't see it dating far enough back to have anything in common with the saying.
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