[lit-ideas] Re: Mini-me
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:44:29 -0700
on 10/29/04 10:47 AM, Andreas Ramos at andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Humans only a meter tall? Do they still exist?
Yes, Andreas. We call them "chil-dren."
Now JLS can give us some thoughts on the oddness of the word, and whether
the Goth "kilpam," "womb" (from which we derive "children") has some
connection--that my SOED is not revealing--to the roots of "kill." Wouldn't
that be strange.
David Ritchie
Ever helpful in
Portland, Oregon
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