Re: Joseph Smith the Conlanger?
| From: | Doug Dee <amateurlinguist@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 14, 2005, 0:46 |
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In a message dated 3/13/2005 12:18:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, andjo@FREE.FR
writes:
>In a recent online discussion, someone quoted a piece from the Book of Mormon
>that contained the word "delightsome". I jokingly asked if that's a word
(it's
>listed in the AHD, but I don't think I had seen it before). In reply, I was
>told that Smith had probably invented it himself; at any rate he certainly
>invented a lot of English words when he wrote the Book of Mormon.
Maybe he did, but "delightsome" wasn't one of them. It occurs in the King
James Version:
Malachi 3:12 "And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a
delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts."
Doug