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Re: Hey Celtophiles -- book for sale

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Wednesday, April 17, 2002, 12:29
Maarten van Beek scripsit:

> That would be "topos", so it would be an "anatopism" oslt... does anyone > know if this word exists?
I don't think this is good Greek, because the force of "ana-" (upward, backward) is lost. An anachronism is not merely in the wrong time, but specifically from a later time than its context. But hey, it's not as bad as Centaur-Greek (from Cabell's _Jurgen_), where contrary-to-fact conditional clauses are ungrammatical: "Hail, friend," says Jurgen, "if you be the work of God." "Your protasis is not good Greek," observed the Centaur, "because in Hellas we did not make such reservations. Besides, it is not so much my origin as my destination which concerns you." -- John Cowan <jcowan@...> http://www.reutershealth.com I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_

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