On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 23:22:27 -0400 Kevin Fishburne <kevinfishbu...@eightvirtues.com> wrote:
> On 09/19/2015 01:16 PM, Caveat wrote: > > Really not sure what you mean by 'doesn't come from English'... of > > course it comes from Greek, but it's a word appearing in most English > > dictionaries... so? Should we exclude anorexia as an English word > > because it also comes from Greek, or manxome because it was made up by > > Lewis Carroll... ? :-) > > All words came from half-human apes in caves making grunting sounds, > which at some point they decided was more useful than the usual boolean > expression of "hit with club" or "do not hit with club". The evolution > of language is a complex topic, and these days to some degree they all > bleed together borrowing from each other (especially English, which is > messy and fluid). > > -- > Kevin Fishburne > Eight Virtues > www: http://sales.eightvirtues.com > e-mail: sa...@eightvirtues.com > phone: (770) 853-6271 > > I will tell you why; so shall my anticipation prevent your discovery, and your secrecy to the king and queen moult no feather. I have of late—but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o’erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours. What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculty! In form and moving how express and admirable! In action how like an angel! In apprehension how like a god! The beauty of the world! The paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me: no, nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so. mmmneh, one grunter did alright, methinks. -- B Bruen <adamn...@gnail.com (sort of)> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
