OT Re: Defining words and how they are used
| From: | R A Brown <ray@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 23, 2006, 7:54 |
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Michael Adams wrote:
[snip]
> Is not Jihad close to the word Haj "pilgrimage"?
Eh?
About as close as, say, 'petal' is to 'tap' or 'tunic' is to 'nit', as
far as I can see.
Also, unless I am mistaken, the letters rendered as 'h' in 'jihad' and
'Haj' are not the same letter or sound in Arabic. Is not the final sound
of 'Hajj' in fact geminate?
Shouldn't the mail have been prefixed OT, or at least USAGE?
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