[Should be off-line, but I think we programmer's need to be pointed into some cultural enlightenment every now and then to broaden our horizons.]
On Friday 06 April 2007 11:44, Craig L Russell wrote: > But please send a link to the meaning of kreti & pleti! I love > learning new idioms and it's not in the first 20 Google hits. :-( Hmmm... I think it is a germanic expression, still used in Sweden. I found this (in swedish) ETYMOLOGI: jfr d. kreti og pleti, t. krethi und plethi, ytterst av hebreiskt ursprung, förekommande i ä. bibelöversättningar som benämning på två folkslag i konung Davids livvakt, keretéer o. peletéer. I vardagligt bruk numera en föraktlig beteckning för allehanda löst folk, personer utan bildning l. samhällsställning, den breda allmänheten, vem som helst Free translation; ultimately of hebrew origin, existing in older Bible translations as definition of two groups of people in king David's life guard, keretéer and peletéer. In every day use it is now a disrespectful term for all kinds of lesser people, people without education, low status in society, the broad public, anybody. I found this fairly interesting email; http://www.domainofman.com/forum/index.cgi?noframes;read=1383 which actually discusses a much larger scope, but still covers the term, and the uncertainties around it. Cheers -- Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer I live here; http://tinyurl.com/2qq9er I work here; http://tinyurl.com/2ymelc I relax here; http://tinyurl.com/2cgsug --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
