Re: taliboo

In a message dated 12/19/01 12:49:35 PM, and_yo@HOTMAIL.COM writes:

>Fabian wrote:
>> > it occurred to me in the shower this morning
>> > that languages in which <talib> means student
>> > might soon have a sort of taboo-replacement.
>>
>>Not really.
>>
>>The most important language in this group is Arabic. Many Arabs consider
>>the whole thing to be a conspiracy engineered by the Americans in order
>to
>>have an opportunity to play with military hardware. Crazy, but there you
>>go.
>>
>>Other languages which include that root include Maltese, possibly Hebrew,
>>and Pashtun. In most of these, the core meaning is beg/pray, and has
>>nothing to do with study.
Hebrew has the word 'talmid' for student, which comes from l-m-d AFAIK, which
has to do with "learning" (and teaching) so it's a little different than what
you're describing.

Josh Roth
http://members.aol.com/fuscian/eloshtan.html

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