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| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6272 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 2 of 13 19 February 2009 at 5:38pm | IP Logged | ||
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I remember seeing a book on my old university library's shelf with the title Greek Is Hebrew. It was published about half a century ago.
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| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7156 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 4 of 13 21 February 2009 at 9:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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From what I've been able to browse of a scanned copy on scribd, Yahuda's tract is a pseudo-scientific work in the same spirit of ones by Hungarian dilettantes tracing the direct descent of Hungarian from Sumerian. They're all much loved by the rabble of nationalists/chauvinists.
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| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6272 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 5 of 13 22 February 2009 at 11:52am | IP Logged | ||
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It could be the same book - I may have reversed the title as it was a while ago. I did not take it seriously, anyway. I thought it was the work of an eccentric.
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| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6034 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds | Message 6 of 13 22 February 2009 at 2:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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My first guess for the etymology of pirate would be something to do with pyro-, fire. You know, setting ships on fire and all that.. But apparently that's not the case.
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| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6034 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds | Message 8 of 13 23 February 2009 at 12:48am | IP Logged | ||
That's why I suspected a connection exist between pirate and all the pyro- words (e.g. pyromania, pyrography). Otherwise I would not have accused pirates of any fiery involvement. I wonder where Ogan / Огън comes from (Bulgarian for fire). It has nothing to do with πυρ, that's for sure. By the way, English lacks a distinct word for destructive fire. You just say e.g. forest fire. In Bulgarian the tame fire that burns in your fireplace is one word, whereas destructive fires are another ( they're called 'Pojar' ). Does any other language make this distinction? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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