Diana in King James and Douay Rheims, Artemis in Greek.
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Roman equivalents were broadly preferred in English until quite recently. Like if you look at books from a few generations ago, it was all Jupiter this and Mars that. Zeus and Ares were hardly in the picture. I don't know what prompted the change.John Brown did nothing wrong.
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The really funny part was when the crazy gun nuts started fighting among themselves and threatening to shoot each other. This is the natural conclusion for such a collection of idiots, misfits, and brain damaged losers.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.
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Originally posted by Felch View PostRoman equivalents were broadly preferred in English until quite recently. Like if you look at books from a few generations ago, it was all Jupiter this and Mars that. Zeus and Ares were hardly in the picture. I don't know what prompted the change.
I'm pretty sure it was because of the classical education that was standard for everyone as early as high school up until about the early 50s - classical, as in Latin, for the most part.
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Originally posted by Dinner View PostThe really funny part was when the crazy gun nuts started fighting among themselves and threatening to shoot each other. This is the natural conclusion for such a collection of idiots, misfits, and brain damaged losers.
I also have a question. Don't any of these militia nutters have jobs or work back home, to go to? Or are they retired? Or living off of welfare from the government they do not recognize?A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.
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Originally posted by Buster's Uncle View PostEvery translation of the Bible I'm familiar with uses Dianna consistently - which must have been strange, if so in the original Greek, but it was a Roman world at the time.
Daft, I know.Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915
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Originally posted by MrFun View Post
I also have a question. Don't any of these militia nutters have jobs or work back home, to go to? Or are they retired? Or living off of welfare from the government they do not recognize?
No.
Technically, yes.
Yes... and they steal what they can't mooch.To us, it is the BEAST.
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