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Re: Pater Noster (purely linguistically)

From:caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>
Date:Saturday, December 4, 2004, 16:11
"Ph. D." <phild@A...>:wrote:
> I can understand the difficulty of explaining espousal customs > or angels to a different culture, but what's so hard about > explaining a manger?
>>Andreas Johansson <andjo@F...> wrote: >>Is angel really that tricky? Most langs should have a word >>for "messenger", surely?
Let's hope they don't confuse St. Gabriel with the local mail carrier! :-)> Charlie