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Baby's First Word Filled Stone Age Papa With Pride
The Telegraph (UK) ^
| 7-22-2004
| David Derbyshire
Posted on 07/21/2004 6:31:50 PM PDT by blam
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posted on
07/21/2004 6:31:53 PM PDT
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blam
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/21/2004 6:49:10 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
"Ema" is mother in Hebrew, "aba" is father.
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posted on
07/21/2004 6:54:03 PM PDT
by
Ciexyz
("FR, best viewed with a budgie on hand")
To: blam
Somebody needs to get back on their meds...
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posted on
07/21/2004 7:14:52 PM PDT
by
Abcdefg
To: blam
Were the Frenchmen cunning linguists?
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posted on
07/21/2004 7:15:47 PM PDT
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Abcdefg
To: blam
However, other linguists have argued that "papa", "dada" and "mama" are common in many languages simply because they are the first noises made by babbling babies.If "papa", "dada" and "mama" were only common in languages because they are the first noises made by babbling babies... then the meaning would tend to random I.E. Papa and Dada would be found to mean Mother as often as Father and conversely Mama would be found be Father as often as Papa and Dada
If they are found to have a fixed meaning in most languages I.E. Mama as seem to always be for Mother Papa and Dada always is Father
. The would point to a common language root
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posted on
07/21/2004 11:39:20 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
To: SunkenCiv
Great ping...thanks!
Are they now trying to prove that the Tower of Babel did exist? That everyone really did,at one time,speak the same language? Hmmmmmmmmm...
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posted on
07/21/2004 11:52:47 PM PDT
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nopardons
To: nopardons
Nope, and I'd never dream of trying. The Tower of Babel tale was inserted, probably during the Babylonian Exile, or during the long period thereafter when a large Jewish community thrived under Persian rule. Some see it as allegorical or metaphorical, I see it as a little of that, with a big dose of "explain why there are all these different languages." Turkish (an agglutinative tongue) is most closely related to Korean (also agglutinative) but neither of them is related to Sumerian (an agglutinative tongue with no living or dead relatives). Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on or off the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list --
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07/22/2004 12:03:38 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
I was attempting to be "funny".:-(
But I do agree with what you said about the Tower of Babel,in my "umfunny" times. :-)
To: nopardons
Sorry, I edited out my "smiley". ;') There are plenty of things in the Bible I don't think of as being allegorical or metaphorical. (':
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posted on
07/22/2004 12:20:37 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
To: SunkenCiv
That's oaky...we seem to be on the same page.
To: Ciexyz
"Ema" is mother in Hebrew, "aba" is father. In Sindarin, they are Nana and Ada respectively.
...not that this is supposed to be a helpful bit of information. ; - )
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07/22/2004 12:38:36 AM PDT
by
Redcloak
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To: Abcdefg
Pphhhht splooot splutter.
Now i've got to find the Windex so I can clean my screen.
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posted on
07/22/2004 12:48:19 AM PDT
by
fella
To: tophat9000
That was kind of what I was thinking.
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posted on
07/22/2004 2:58:01 AM PDT
by
Junior
(FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC)
To: tophat9000
This could explain where homosexuals got their start when they could tell there mother from their fathers.
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posted on
07/22/2004 4:51:42 AM PDT
by
U S Army EOD
(John Kerry, the mother of all flip floppers.)
To: nopardons
But they only had three words in their vocabulary. Texas A&M builds one of these every year. Babel can also mean Moron.
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posted on
07/22/2004 4:53:59 AM PDT
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U S Army EOD
(John Kerry, the mother of all flip floppers.)
To: blam
To: blam
"Origins of Language and Psychosis"
Psychosis??
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posted on
07/22/2004 6:26:39 AM PDT
by
EggsAckley
(You can't be pro small business and pro trial lawyer at the same time! ** George W. Bush **)
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