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USAmerican Thanksgiving holiday is coming up (Canadian has already passed). How do you say "Give Thanks" in Greek? Babelfish says "Give" is...
tomhchappell
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Nov 7, 2009
5:17 pm
35386
That doesn't really make sense. "Thoseh afharisto" is what I've been told by Mother just now, but she says that the phrase doesn't make sense. "Thank you" is...
IoannisZ
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Nov 7, 2009
7:46 pm
35387
... Not a vocative? It'd not be identical to the ancient second declension vocative, but it might be analogical to the ancient vocative of first declension...
Benct Philip Jonsson
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Nov 8, 2009
12:22 pm
35388
... You have to remember that Ancient Greek is completely different from Modern Greek. I have no idea what a nominative or fricative or a declension is. In...
IoannisZ
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Nov 8, 2009
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35389
Since elections in the NAL seem to be scheduled alongside those in the USA, Ouisconsians probably should have voted for their unicameral legislature, the...
Benjamin
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Nov 8, 2009
7:57 pm
35390
... Vocative = the grammatical case used to directly address somebody (like God)....
Benjamin
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Nov 8, 2009
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35391
... Thanks, Mr. X8. And thanks to others as well....
tomhchappell
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Nov 8, 2009
10:29 pm
35392
What is the IB.analogue, if any, to the Brotherton Indians of Wisconsin? <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothertown_Indians > What is the IB.analogue, if any,...
tomhchappell
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Nov 8, 2009
10:40 pm
35393
... I heard about the Brothertown Indians on the radio the other day, in conjunction with that meeting. The tragedy at Fort Hood overshadowed news of the...
Benjamin
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Nov 8, 2009
10:58 pm
35394
... None. Or rather, every time the GM addresses either the Convention or the Council Fire, he's addressing at least some representatives of Native nations....
Padraic Brown
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Nov 9, 2009
2:35 am
35395
... The phrase I'm familiar with from the Greek liturgy is "efcharisto soi, Kyrie o Theos." I-thank you, Lord the God. 'Kyrie' is the vocative of 'Kyrios',...
Charlie
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Nov 9, 2009
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A quick note of addendum on this -- Justice Minister Rhoberth Bolton's proposal of a "Department of Special Security" may be an important factor, with critics...
zahir13
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Nov 9, 2009
2:45 pm
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... I'm quite certain my local library was trying to translate "Give Thanks" into Modern Greek, not into New Testament Greek or Classical Greek. But they still...
tomhchappell
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Nov 9, 2009
2:54 pm
35398
... Thank you, Charlie....
tomhchappell
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Nov 9, 2009
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35399
... OK, thanks. Those are issues facing the League government and not directly Ouisconsin related, but those ideas do trickle down. Did you see anything...
Benjamin
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Nov 9, 2009
4:10 pm
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... Everything you wrote seemed to make sense to me. Zahir...
zahir13
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Nov 9, 2009
7:35 pm
35401
I was wondering if I could add a novel to IB's selection. It'd be written by a Greek other, a rather accentric one. The novel would be like most TV shows and...
IoannisZ
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Nov 10, 2009
2:42 am
35402
... Really? Most of the words and forms of MG are clearly derived from AG. It's not that they're totally unrelated languages. ... Vocative, not fricative! ...
Benct Philip Jonsson
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Nov 10, 2009
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35403
A few comments/questions... I'm a little unclear about the "rich" being the first ones to go to New Earth. Getting the first crack at all the really good land...
zahir13
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Nov 10, 2009
5:16 pm
35404
... It's something of a pejorative term for people who do not attend church regularly. It means "Christmas and Easter" Christians, for those who only make the...
Padraic Brown
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Nov 10, 2009
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35405
... Some also use the phrase "hatch, match and dispatch" for Christians who come to church only for the baptism, marriage and funeral. Charlie...
Charlie
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Nov 10, 2009
8:23 pm
35406
... In his defense, I don't believe that Sir Ioannis meant it in any form but a descriptor of that particular character's church attendance and faithfulness to...
Bo
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Nov 10, 2009
8:33 pm
35407
... Sorry for the insulting term everyone. What I meant when I said he's more religious than a C & E Christian but less than Old Believer is only to keep his...
IoannisZ
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Nov 10, 2009
10:19 pm
35408
... I never actually thought of that. I suppose the people "left behind" might be dissidents, people who will not obediently work for the new faction...
IoannisZ
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Nov 10, 2009
11:08 pm
35409
... Hadn't heard that one. Padraic...
Padraic Brown
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Nov 11, 2009
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35410
... Nor do I believe Mr. X8 breached any such guideline. I was simply responding to a query as to what the term means, not how Mr. X8 feels about people who...
Padraic Brown
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Nov 11, 2009
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35411
... Which is even less often than just "Christmas and Easter". There's also a term, "Churchianity", for the "religion" of people who regularly attend church...
tomhchappell
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Nov 11, 2009
3:49 pm
35412
In addition to finally adding the Margraval family of Istria to my little website (http://hjrgib.weebly.com/margraval-family.html) I have the first part of...
hugo.reedgillibrand
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Nov 12, 2009
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... I like that your site is going to have pictures in the news section. I'm pretty sure that's a first for IB. We've all been quite nineteenth-century in...
Benjamin
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Nov 12, 2009
11:09 pm
35414
... Thank you very much, I'm lucky enough to have found such a nice free website host. I'm not technologically gifted but I'm trying to add a little something...
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