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Skriven 2007-07-05 09:13:04 av Ward Dossche (2:292/854)
     Kommentar till en text av Dale Shipp
Ärende: Re: Nipple slip
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DS> English is such a mongrel language, it takes it roots from many
DS> places and varies them in many ways which are a mystery to me.
 
Same here.
 
DS> The
DS> dictionary claims that pedophila comes from Gk. pais (gen. paidos)
DS> "child" -- how the "ai" morphed into an "e" or the "ae" character I
DS> don't know.
 
It's a matter of interpretation. Latin is based on Classic-Greek which became
extinct roughly 2,000 years or more ago. Classic Greek does not resemble
modern-day Greek.
 
English therefore cannot be derived directly from Classic Greek, so there had
to be a bridge which most likely is Latin.
 
So if someone writes in a dictionary that something comes from Greek, he/she is
not right and is not wrong ... I guess it is the same with every language where
words are picked-up from somewhere else.
 
In Dutch we have the word 'pedofilie' and if I look in my dictionary here it
says that the origin is Latin.
 
So both or not totally wrong nor totally right as there are several
interpretations in-between.
 
DS> Nevertheless, the word is correct and means a sexual
DS> attraction to children, or similar related definitions.
 
Of course. It is an 'attraction', something that runs in the head, not an
'act'.
 
DS>WD> BTW, Happy 4th of July.
 
DS> Thanks -- it was a quiet one for us.   The closest fireworks were at
DS> least two miles away.  We heard them, but not too loud.
 
It was my firstone in years that I was not there. It's usually a fun day. At
least Americans celebrate their national day. Here July 21st is mainly
considered as a day-off.
 
Last year I arrived near Annaheim CA that day and there were so many fireworks
it seemed that WW3 had started and there was so much smoke because of it on the
freeway, denser than a heavy fog, that traffic simply stopped.
 
Good pre-July 4th fireworks too on July 3rd when we visited Warren Bonner last
year in Orange CA.
 
Best celebration however is in Seward AK. I always enjoyed that when I was
there.
 
 \%/@rd

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