Re: Dievas dave dantis; Dievas duos duonos (was Re: R: Re:cases (nom/ac...
| From: | Padraic Brown <pbrown@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, September 18, 2000, 22:23 |
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On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Jörg Rhiemeier wrote:
>Padraic Brown wrote:
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>> "Tehhewas-cas tomtahaams-tas toohit-he : tehhewas-cas taamtar-tan
>> taahti." In Talarian. Really means "...; God will give meat." Just
>> a minor semantic shift.
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>*MINOR* semantic shift??? From healthy, tasteful, delicious bread to
>stinking, unhealthy, barely digestable dead meat??? (Or do you mean
>living flesh, which is, however, equally remote, and the thought
>of eating it even more disgusting?) Are you kidding?
Well, if your culture is one that relies mostly on animal husbandry
for its sustenance (milk, cheese, wool, leather, hides and meat);
then bread takes a lesser prominence. Farming is fairly new for them.
>(Sorry, couldn't resist...)
Understandable!
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>I haven't yet decided on the Nur-ellen word for "meat", but whatever
>it is, it is not commonly classified as an edible substance. (Elves
>are of course vegetarians.) In fact, a frequently used derogative
>kenning for an evil-minded foreigner translates as "meat-eater"!
How did this come about?
Padraic.
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>Joerg.
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