Google| Subject | Re: Ha ha - even *more* Scand linguistics; was: The British Secret Service... |
| From | David Flood |
| Date | 2002-04-27 15:49 (2002-04-27 14:49) |
| Message-ID | <aaedb6$a0djc$1@ID-121201.news.dfncis.de> |
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"Raven" <jonlennart.beck@get2net.dk>wrote in message news:xjEx8.104$wn1.5244@news.get2net.dk...
Raven? <raised eyebrows>
"David Flood" <NOSPAMmaoltuile@utvinternet.ie>skrev i en meddelelse news:aa4lo5$7rd28$2@ID-121201.news.dfncis.de...Raven"Neve" in Weejun means "hand", with the connotation of "strong hand for working or fighting" - the vanilla word for "hand" is "h?nd" or "hand", depending on dialect.David Flood
Kind of like "fist", you mean?
To my understanding of the word "fist", not quite. A fist is a bunched hand, not an open one. A Weejun "neve" does not imply that it is bunched. It may be open or bunched - in the latter case, a "knyttneve". I may extend my "neve" to you in friendly greeting, but if I extend my fist to you, the greeting won't be so polite.
D.
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