Re: elv ned'm concurrent pronoun systems
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, March 7, 1999, 22:37 |
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On Sun, 7 Mar 1999 15:36:14 EST Joe Mondello <Rugpretzel@...> writes:
>Often I just look for words whose meanings would be very interesting
>if
>occasionally confounded (like English "sun" and "son", I have always
>found to
>be interesting) but more commonly I randomly assign one ned'm word
>two
>meanings and see where that path could lead. Sometimes the random
>approach
>yields interesting results, such as don(1-to die, 2-to release) Other
>.......
>Joe Mondello
>
That's cool....because in Hebrew, "to be released" (lehipatteir) is
specifically used as the polite way of saying "to die". It's probably
based on the belief that once you die, you become _pattur_ (released)
from your obligations to fulfill the commandments.
-Stephen (Steg)
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