1 SHAMASH.ORG /usr/www/wwwhc/listserv/archives/heblang February 2000
2 185 67_RE: BIN (may) Never mean BEN! --> idioms, and Spill the beans, etc.0_15_rturkel@cas.org37_Tue, 22 Feb 2000 17:22:59 -0500 (EST)489_- >I will (politely) ignore Rick's comment about deriving >English from Hebrew since I have *never* held that position.<br><br>Excuse me?! If so, then what is the point of all of your postings on this subject?<br><br>This reminds me of the following question: If you count the tail as a leg, how many legs does a dog have? Most people answer, "Five." However, deciding a priori to count the tail as a leg doesn't _make_ it a leg, and a dog still has only four legs. Vehameyvin yavin. [...]
188 48 67_RE: BIN (may) Never mean BEN! --> idioms, and Spill the beans, etc.10_Jerry Blaz19_ffdog@earthlink.net31_Tue, 22 Feb 2000 17:31:27 -0800376_us-ascii This example of lungs and liver reminds me of an occurance that took place many years ago, perhaps 45 years ago, and little Danny is now a man of about 50. He and his cohort wandered into the kitchen, and Danny spied a piece of raw meat lying in a platter on a table. In those days, meat was a rare enough sight, but this meat looked different from other flesh. [...]
237 720 67_Re: BIN (may) Never mean BEN! --> idioms, and Spill the beans, etc.7_Sefarad21_sefarad@geocities.com31_Tue, 22 Feb 2000 22:17:54 -0500384_US-ASCII Have anyone read this? Forgive me for posting it in this list, after all I am one that find no more use for this kind of discussion at the moment. But I found this article to be "entertaining" just like any good science fiction film. Again forgive me for sharing this with you (moderator feel free to delete it, after all I probably would delete it from my e-mail too). [...]
958 95 32_FISH:MULTIPLY::DGH:YDGU::NUN:NUN14_Russell Hendel22_rhendel@mcs.drexel.edu37_Tue, 22 Feb 2000 23:24:09 -0500 (EST)323_- In response to Leonard who asked about NUN:<br><br>This was answered quickly in my posting. I stated DG:DGH::NUN:NUN<br><br>The argument uses a semantic transformation--in other words >Just as the root DGH can mean BOTH >to FISH and >to multiply >So too the root NUN since it means >fish can also mean >to multiply. [...]