Re: CHAT: Japanese English (was Re: Correction, I hope, of M/C URL)

At 00:32 23/03/00 -0800, you wrote:
>CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>>True. The weapon used by Sailor Saturn is supposed to look like the thing
>>used by Death itself (what is it? We call it 'la faux de la mort' in
>>French).
>
>It´s called a scythe. Used to cut grasses, or wheat for harvesting, i
>believe.
>
A scythe? What a beautiful word! It's pronounced /sait/? /saiT/?

In French, Scythe is the name of a people, 'les Scythes', they lived
soemwhere in Greece IIRC. Is this the same in English? Is there any
connection?

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