the evolution of language (174)
GingerBeDonegal, Ireland2 Threads 3,106 Postsblarneykite: Ah, so you're hedging your bets
Definitely not!!! I have a growing belief in many things, evolving all the time. Otherwise I'd stagnate and my mind would start to narrow. I'd have fewer subjects to talk about because I'd be thinking of less, and fewer interests, and so become a boring person. Who'd want that for their lives? 
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venusenvy: Im not understanding how the evolution of language can be linked to religion. It far pre-dates any concept of religion. Are thumpers the most dunderheaded peeps on earth??? Never mind, no need to answer that, the proof is in the pudding eh
Very astute of you.
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GingerBe: Very astute of you.
Gaaawd Ging...It just kills me that they can take something like evolution and relate it to thier god! Its like a giant brain fart!
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May i correct you Pedro? Alpha/??fa A/a and O/? Omega/Oµe?a
pedro27: alfa and omeaga the first and the last
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venusenvy: Gaaawd Ging...It just kills me that they can take something like evolution and relate it to thier god! Its like a giant brain fart!
I suppose we can be thankful they haven't attached political meaning to it yet as well.
Maybe the furtherest that some people can think back is to the oldest written things they know about, which really shouldn't be religion, but it somehow always ends up there.References to Irish lore go back way beyond any organised religion. Symbols on tablets of stone, (some over 7000 years old), refer to it, as to the stories. Some have forgotten the spoken word though, and the whole basis for their culture, it seems.
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Proven innocent beyond any reasonable doubt,as your crime wasn't intentional.
GingerBe: What will happen to be now, according to Greek law?
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chris27292729: Proven innocent beyond any reasonable doubt,as your crime wasn't intentional.
You should win prizes every day for making people smile.
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Charges dropped on earlier post.
GingerBe: Typo
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chris27292729: Charges dropped on earlier post.
Thank you. 
I think that a better subject would be, what language has evolved to, not from. Much more interesting that thinking about cavemen going ug.
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Sorry Pedro i try to write something in Greek alphabet but don,t accept Greek on this site
chris27292729: May i correct you Pedro? Alpha/??fa A/a and O/? Omega/Oµe?a
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venusenvy: Im not understanding how the evolution of language can be linked to religion. It far pre-dates any concept of religion. Are thumpers the most dunderheaded peeps on earth??? Never mind, no need to answer that, the proof is in the pudding eh
In fairness, V, the subject of religion in this thread was not brought up by a "thumper" but an athiest. Oh, wait, there are "thumpers" on that side too!
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venusenvy: Im not understanding how the evolution of language can be linked to religion. It far pre-dates any concept of religion. Are thumpers the most dunderheaded peeps on earth??? Never mind, no need to answer that, the proof is in the pudding eh
There is no link between the two!
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I think its interesting how some words are similar in different languages. English and German for example are very similar.
The word "book" is almost the same in German. I'm not sure of the spelling but I think it sounds like buk in german too.
The word "book" is almost the same in German. I'm not sure of the spelling but I think it sounds like buk in german too.
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Sunnydaze14: Particularly place names in Ireland!
Place names in America too, like Baltimore, (Bailte Mór), meaning large towns, and slang words like "dig", meaning understand, comes from a shortened version of "an duigeann tú", meaning do you understand?. There are loads more.------ This thread is Archived ------
GingerBe: Place names in America too, like Baltimore, (Bailte Mór), meaning large towns, and slang words like "dig", meaning understand, comes from a shortened version of "an duigeann tú", meaning do you understand?. There are loads more.
I never knew that about Dig! I mean of course I knew "an duigeann tú" but I didn't realise the slang word dig came from it!
Your a mine of information Ginger!
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chris27292729: Intentionally you are leaving Greek out???
Kali Mera!
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chris27292729: Intentionally you are leaving Greek out???
Oh my goodness. My apologies to your fair tongue. Entirely un-intentionally I assure you. I recon I left out many more influences on the English language too, but today my brain is on a go-slow. Mea Culpa.
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Kali mera kai(end) kali efdomada (week).why i have this suspicion,you are connected some how,with the island???
Sunnydaze14: Kali Mera!
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Sunnydaze14: I never knew that about Dig! I mean of course I knew "an duigeann tú" but I didn't realise the slang word dig came from it!
Your a mine of information Ginger!
Your a mine of information Ginger!
A mine of useless information most of the time.
Workmen first used the shortened version when shouting instructions to each other on building sites in New York in the 60s. They couldn't talk much because of the ongoing noise, so one would shout "dig" (duig), for short, and the others would nod or whatever.
It enterd into normal everyday language with the advent of the hippy penchant for inclusion of other cultures in language.
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chris27292729: Kali mera kai(end) kali efdomada (week).why i have this suspicion,you are connected some how,with the island???
no connection with your island, but I have a sister who married a greek.
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