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- Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:18 am
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: cynic = cínico, cynique, cynisk, etc.?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 95140
- Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:16 pm
- Forum: Grammar
- Topic: Compulsory or optional?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 52310
sluggo, sluggo, sluggo, have you learnt nothing? The compulsory response is that, although several have pointed out various difficulties with the statements as presented, it is optional for people to present thoughts however they wish, even if suspecting that they may give us a mixed message. All u...
- Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:00 am
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: -stani
- Replies: 9
- Views: 55991
Hindustan is a Persian noun (meaning 'the land of Hind') and it is in Persian that you could make it into an adjective by adding -i. Why Persian? Because, in the 19th century and before, Persian was an official language in northern India. Persian isn't a Semitic language, of course, it's an Indo-Eu...
- Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:56 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: Cursive vs Print
- Replies: 59
- Views: 287767
Re: On the subject...
anders,
It looks more devanagari than ranjana to me. I think I can recognize some of the letters, especially when I turn it over.
I bought this book in India. I assumed this was an old form of devaganari. Do you know?
It looks more devanagari than ranjana to me. I think I can recognize some of the letters, especially when I turn it over.
I bought this book in India. I assumed this was an old form of devaganari. Do you know?
- Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:32 pm
- Forum: Etymology
- Topic: I don't want to look stupid, but irregardless I want to know
- Replies: 135
- Views: 2053770
Re: Un-redundancy???
Just a thought, perhaps it is a subconscious part of the language like accents & dialects... I'm just trying to say that perhaps it is similar to dialect or habits, and it makes words sound better more very much hugely empathically more important, or perhaps it is just taking the place of ... u...
- Sat Aug 12, 2006 5:13 pm
- Forum: Etymology
- Topic: I don't want to look stupid, but irregardless I want to know
- Replies: 135
- Views: 2053770
- Sat Aug 12, 2006 12:28 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: Cursive vs Print
- Replies: 59
- Views: 287767
Re: On the subject...
When I have been to the museum, I have noticed that Sanskrit and Arabic alphabets have many styles. Several of them seem to have a block form and then a cursive form. Am I correct is assuming some forms of these are cursive? Also, I have seem writing from Tibet that has several styles some very cur...
- Sat Aug 12, 2006 11:57 am
- Forum: Etymology
- Topic: I don't want to look stupid, but irregardless I want to know
- Replies: 135
- Views: 2053770
- Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:21 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Die Übermodel
- Replies: 8
- Views: 32547
- Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:18 pm
- Forum: Etymology
- Topic: I don't want to look stupid, but irregardless I want to know
- Replies: 135
- Views: 2053770
- Fri Aug 11, 2006 9:15 pm
- Forum: Etymology
- Topic: I don't want to look stupid, but irregardless I want to know
- Replies: 135
- Views: 2053770
- Fri Aug 11, 2006 7:01 pm
- Forum: Etymology
- Topic: I don't want to look stupid, but irregardless I want to know
- Replies: 135
- Views: 2053770
- Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:06 pm
- Forum: Etymology
- Topic: hurrying into the little copse
- Replies: 4
- Views: 16604
Re: hurrying into the little copse
the fairyless definition from etymonline.com: contraction of coppice, from O.Fr. coupeiz "a cut-over forest," from L.L. *colpaticium "having the quality of being cut," from *colpare "to cut, strike," from L.L. colpus "a blow" colpus also gives us "coup&qu...
- Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:33 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Die Übermodel
- Replies: 8
- Views: 32547
- Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:33 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Die Übermodel
- Replies: 8
- Views: 32547