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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Oct 30, 2024 14:04:08 GMT
'Bezoar' comes from Persian.
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Post by Pacifica on Oct 30, 2024 14:49:24 GMT
I didn't even know that word. The semantic shift seems strange.
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Post by terentiusfaber on Oct 31, 2024 22:04:39 GMT
I didn't even know that word. The semantic shift seems strange. Sounds like you failed your potions OWL. |
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Post by kizolk on Nov 1, 2024 9:05:21 GMT
I didn't even know that word. The semantic shift seems strange. Sounds like you failed your potions OWL. I did wonder whether Pacifica had read or seen Harry Potter. My impression was that she had, but I don't know what this impression is based on. I know this is a grave accusation. Let the accused make her case, and keep in mind that one is innocent until proven guilty. |
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Post by Pacifica on Nov 1, 2024 14:43:22 GMT
I read four of the books and watched one of the movies an eternity ago (when I was 11-13 years old).
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Post by Pacifica on Nov 1, 2024 14:44:14 GMT
And it was all in French translation.
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Post by Pacifica on Nov 1, 2024 17:02:45 GMT
French paresse comes from Latin pigritia.
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Post by kizolk on Nov 1, 2024 20:15:33 GMT
And it was all in French translation. In my case too, although I read the first one in Portuguese also, and I feel like I've read one of the books or part of it in English. |
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Nov 1, 2024 20:31:12 GMT
I have never read a Harry Potter book, but I seem to have absorbed things from them.
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Nov 3, 2024 12:11:35 GMT
Weeaboo and sedevacantist. In the same story.
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Post by Pacifica on Nov 3, 2024 15:50:50 GMT
I had heard about the latter but forgot.
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Nov 3, 2024 15:58:55 GMT
Possibly the same here. It rang a vague bell.
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Post by Pacifica on Nov 3, 2024 16:32:49 GMT
What kind of story did you find both of those words in, by the way?
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Nov 3, 2024 16:42:13 GMT
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Post by kizolk on Nov 3, 2024 16:57:51 GMT
I've actually wondered a few times if Terry was a sedevacantist, but my knowledge of Catholicism isn't good enough to have an informed opinion on that. I mean, simplistically speaking, if you're a Catholic and criticize the Pope and his views on religion, it seems to me you aren't far from saying he's not really the Pope.
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