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PinkHatHacker , 10 hours ago to philosophy

While the story of Noah and the great flood is one of the most influential events in humanity, the Nephilim (Giants) are the culripts leading to the Bible’s explanation of the Lord’s decision to restart life on Earth

https://medium.com/@PinkHatHacker/the-real-reason-the-book-of-giants-was-removed-from-the-bible-55b8951eca22

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sgharms , 4 hours ago

@PinkHatHacker @histodons @philosophy @politicalscience @edutooters @AntheaH @writers @socialsciences highly interested. But don’t want a Medium account to read.

pgcd , 10 months ago to linguistics

@linguistics while (re)reading Pratchett I have developed the strong feeling that when one of the characters says "our Nellie" or "our Jason", the effect is similar to Northern Italian "la Agnese" o "il Gianni" - that is, a colloquialism when referring to a common acquaintance, not necessarily a family member.
Can somebody who speaks both confirm or deny this?

sgharms , 9 months ago (edited 8 months ago)

@pgcd @linguistics Latin is the influential motivator? Winnie ille Pû (Winnie the Pooh) or Alexander Ille (Magnus). The ille seems to be an intensifier and a demonstrative? The implication here is that familiarity (and thus mental “ownership”) can be assumed. That kind of ownership reflected in English as possessive “our” makes sense.

https://dcc.dickinson.edu/grammar/latin/demonstrative-pronouns#:~:text=Ille%20is%20used%20of%20what,to%20mean%20“the%20following.”