(urth) Grand Unified Theory

António Marques entonio at gmail.com
Sat Aug 28 18:30:27 PDT 2010


2010/8/29 António Marques <entonio at gmail.com>

> On 23 August 2010 18:03, Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> As tinkerbell Tzadkiel
>> hopes to reuinte with big Tzadkiel, as (I think) Seawrack hopes to reunite
>> with The Mother, so
>> little, human Scylla hoped to reunite with big mama monster Scylla.
>>
>
> I don't know whether this has been pointed out before, but it is a fact
> that 'Seawrack' and 'Scylla' are almost equal as names go. Or, at least, the
> name misheard as 'Seawrack' could easily be a derivate of the name
> misconstrued(?) as 'Scylla'.
>

(I mean, the names are alike to the point of -ll-, a double consonant, being
represented by -wr-, and not some simpler alternative.)

Yes, I know I've been implying that the greek pronunciation of a name such
> as Scylla would be something like ['skulla] 'SKOOL luh', but that was only
> in the context of knowing the earthly etymology of 'typhoon' - the briahtic
> etymology of the name translated as Scylla is quite another matter. And it's
> not that I possess some special expertise on the issue, either, I was just
> pointing out what I think linguists would say, because Wolfe is nothing if
> not rigorous in his choices. And here I must go further even than James - I
> think the convoluted history of the word is a *good* reason why Wolfe would
> use it (rather than a small nuisance he might forgive).
>
>
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