Language,Religion,and an information quest (or somesuch) [Mildly OT]
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 10, 1999, 23:08 |
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Nik Taylor wrote:
> Barry Garcia wrote:
> > The name for the destroyer (Siba) comes from "Siva".
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> I thought that deity was named Shiva?
It depends on the transcription system. If I am not mistaken,
the Sanskrit phoneme there is a retroflex fricative, which to
English speakers would probably sound like /S/. Other more
literalist transcriptions render that with a little dot.
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"Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero."
Non cuicumque datum est habere nasum.
It is not given to just anyone to have a nose.
-- Martial
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