(December 21, 2017 at 11:50 pm)Haipule Wrote:(December 21, 2017 at 11:28 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: The French language only has about 50,000 words. The English language has the most words of any language. So English speakers must be able to out think the French speakers, right?Because of the grammatical inflection, Greek has even fewer. Yet, we have Homer, Plato and Aristotle. Yes, English has the largest dictionary in the world. It's not a bad thing, we just need more words to express a thought.
My main problems with English is we tend to transliterate our borrowed words and then give them new meanings. We also tend to generalize specifics and specify generals.
Greek has four specific words translated as "love" that the English generalized into one.
Greek has a general word for deliverance, preservation, kept safe, etc. That the English speaking clergy translates as "salvation(a French word)" giving it a specific meaning the bible never intended complete with a "Gospel(Old English)" never stated in the Greek.
Are you familiar with the saying, "Fucked up like a soup sandwich"? Well, now you are. You pretend to know some sort of information from ancient Greek. Lay down a trail of etymological clues that we can follow to get to some truth that you are alleging. Bring it.
Truly, why do I bother with it? This guy is so full of shit that he sprays it all over this site.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
