[lit-ideas] "Sacrifice", 'such a simple word'
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 13:15:18 EST
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And it's no sacrifice
Just a simple word
It's two hearts living
In two separate worlds
--- One wonders what Taupin was thinking of. I guess he meant 'no sacrifice'
which is a simple expression, hardly word (since it's TWO words).
Anyway, I was going to ask Michael Chase if he knew the Greek for
'sacrifice', since it seems the confusion started with the Romans.
It seems wisest to avoid the word 'sacrifice' (and cognates) unless one
really wants to get the holy into the picture. Incidentally, one wonders if the
Anglo-Saxons had it (a word for 'sacrifice').
Cheers,
JL
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