Re: Brithenig/Aelyan North America (was: Re: Languages in the Brithenig universe)
| From: | Eric Christopherson <raccoon@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, April 8, 2000, 14:56 |
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At 02:03 PM 4/8/2000 +0200, BP wrote:
>At 14:32 07.4.2000 -0400, John Cowan wrote:
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> >Actually, the Brithenig word for "universe" is listed as "bethisad (f)",
> >but I don't know why (borrowing from Old Welsh, maybe)? The stem
> >"yniwers-" is used only in "yniwersidad", university.
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>I think "Bethisad" sounds great! Andrew?
I like the sound of the word, but I was wondering where the sense of
"baptized" comes in. What is entailed by seeing the world itself as 'baptized'?