Re: OT: Official language post
| From: | taliesin the storyteller <taliesin@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, April 1, 2003, 13:54 |
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* John Cowan said on 2003-04-01 15:33:45 +0200
> Tristan scripsit:
>
> > >That's because Dutch is simple, easy, and obvious (until you get kicked in
> > >the head by some lexeme like "opstanding", the meaning of which nobody
> > > would ever guess),
> >
> > Are you being sarcastic with that thing in brackets? or does it mean
> > something other than an obvious derivitive of rebellion [..]
>
> Yeah, you got suckered just like I did. It means "resurrection".
That was my first guess, as "oppstandelse" is the term used for resurrection
in all the bibles in Norwegian I have quick access to. Btw, there's another
official translate-the-bible project going on here now. They seem to occur
every twenty to thirty years or so.
t., atheist, much enjoying chasing down contradictions and horrid early
jewish/chrstian practi(c|s)es in aforementioned book :)
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