[B-Greek] A foolish question
Randall Buth
ybitan at mscc.huji.ac.il
Fri Sep 8 15:01:34 EDT 2006
Cyndy ERWTHSE
> Between "sheet" and "hara" is "sheet" therefore the more offensive
word, considered more vulgar, perhaps used for more impact, and
therefore comparable to RAKA?
Actually, they are both vulgar, one perceived as a loan from english,
one PERCEIVED as from Arabic (NB: it is biblical Hebrew]). "sheet"
may even have a little prestige by being associated with English.
Maybe like "merde" in some English situations. Or maybe not.
Generic, plain vanilla words would be "peresh" (same stuff, but
neutral, often animal) as well as tsoa (same stuff but neutral), both
in the Bible if I remember. Tsoa is the qri that is used to replace
Hara.
ERRWSO
Randall
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