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Topics in this digest:
1a. TAKE - revision now includes pronouns
From: R A Brown
1b. Re: TAKE - revision now includes pronouns
From: R A Brown
2a. Re: meaning of a triangle inscribed in a circle
From: Samuel Stutter
2b. Re: meaning of a triangle inscribed in a circle
From: Rebecca Bettencourt
2c. Re: meaning of a triangle inscribed in a circle
From: Aidan Grey
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1a. TAKE - revision now includes pronouns
Posted by: "R A Brown" r...@carolandray.plus.com
Date: Mon Nov 15, 2010 11:33 pm ((PST))
Hi all!
As I think a few have noticed, TAKE is being revised to make
more strictly _ancient_ Greek without inflexions, and to
move away from the 'pidginization' that was creeping into
the original version.
The latest revision concerns pronouns. The first, second &
third now have separate _lexemes_ for singular & plural
forms (the dreadful _melao_, _selao_ etc have disappeared
into the same black hole as RHATL and Joseph Peanou)
Since TAKE now firmly exists in our world, I had thought of
redoing it in the Roman alphabet. But the that would surely
be counter to the aim of making it more strictly _ancient_
Greek without inflexions!
Anyway, coping with 24 letters ain't that difficult, surely ;)
--
Ray
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1b. Re: TAKE - revision now includes pronouns
Posted by: "R A Brown" r...@carolandray.plus.com
Date: Tue Nov 16, 2010 12:21 am ((PST))
On 16/11/2010 07:30, R A Brown wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> As I think a few have noticed, TAKE is being revised to make
> more strictly _ancient_ Greek without inflexions, and to
> move away from the 'pidginization' that was creeping into
> the original version.
>
> The latest revision concerns pronouns.
Ooops! I should have added in my original mail my grateful
thanks to Philip Newton for his critical "proof reading" and
helpful comments & suggestions he sent me privately.
Without this, the Pronouns page would be somewhat different.
But comments, observations etc from others are always
welcome ;)
--
Ray
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http://www.carolandray.plus.com
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"Ein Kopf, der auf seine eigene Kosten denkt,
wird immer Eingriffe in die Sprache thun."
[J.G. Hamann, 1760]
"A mind that thinks at its own expense
will always interfere with language".
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2a. Re: meaning of a triangle inscribed in a circle
Posted by: "Samuel Stutter" sam.stut...@student.manchester.ac.uk
Date: Tue Nov 16, 2010 12:36 am ((PST))
One of the more visible meanings, particularly if you live in the US, is as a
simplified version of the All-Seeing Eye - on the Seal of the United States. I
believe the All-Seeing Eye is also used in Buddhism, Free-Masonry and just
about every religion ever.
Isn't it also the symbol used on washing instructions for clothes to mean
"bleach"?
On 16 Nov 2010, at 04:45, Patrick Dunn <pwd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There's roughly a bajjilion alchemical symbols that involve circles and
> triangles. I can't off the top of my head think of one that involves a
> triangle in a circle, but there's a lot of nonce combinations. The circle
> is often used for gold or gold-like metals. The triangle with one point up
> represents "fire" or "caustic." So if you were to run into something
> caustic of a golden color, I suppose I wouldn't be surprised to see it
> symbolized by a triangle in a circle.
>
> In the occult, the triangle has more possible meanings than the morpheme -s
> in English. It can represent fire, as I said, or water, depending on the
> direction. It can symbolize the planet Saturn, the principle of Sulfur, or
> any of your choice of trinities. A circle in a triangle is used in
> evocations of Goetic spirits.
>
> Ditto the circle: perfect, eternity, protection (in ceremonial magic),
> community (in some branches of Wicca), the year, the universe, God,
> initiation . . .
>
> So -- a triangle in a circle can mean nearly any darned thing you like, it
> seems to me. At least as far as alchemy and the occult go.
>
> As far as social meaning, I'll leave that to someone who occasionally leaves
> the house.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Rebecca Bettencourt
> <beckie...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Lee <waywardwre...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Point one of the angles to the right and you've got "play media."
>>
>> The same to the left, and you've got "cold restart."
>>
>> -- Rebecca Bettencourt
>>
>> "I could counter with the fact that a disproportionate number of TG
>> women I know are computer programmers. ::grin:: In fact, there's a
>> joke going around that says exposure to computer screens causes
>> transsexuality." -- Kate Bornstein
>>
>
>
>
> --
> I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to
> window; golden chains from star to star, and I dance. --Arthur Rimbaud
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2b. Re: meaning of a triangle inscribed in a circle
Posted by: "Rebecca Bettencourt" beckie...@gmail.com
Date: Tue Nov 16, 2010 12:44 am ((PST))
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 12:32 AM, Samuel Stutter
<sam.stut...@student.manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
> Isn't it also the symbol used on washing instructions for clothes to mean
> "bleach"?
The drylowgraph for bleach is just a triangle; no circle.
-- Rebecca Bettencourt
"I could counter with the fact that a disproportionate number of TG
women I know are computer programmers. ::grin:: In fact, there's a
joke going around that says exposure to computer screens causes
transsexuality." -- Kate Bornstein
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2c. Re: meaning of a triangle inscribed in a circle
Posted by: "Aidan Grey" taalenma...@yahoo.com
Date: Tue Nov 16, 2010 12:46 am ((PST))
Triangles and circles are such common symbols that you'll find them combined
all
over the place.
http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/30/3022.html
Apparently, less so in modern times.
I use a symbol much like that (with an additional circle inside the triangle)
myself. I've found that it doesnt matter what others use it as, and what other
meanings. The swastika's really the only off limits symbol...
Aidan
----- Original Message ----
> From: Daniel Bowman <danny.c.bow...@gmail.com>
> To: conl...@listserv.brown.edu
> Sent: Mon, November 15, 2010 7:12:29 PM
> Subject: meaning of a triangle inscribed in a circle
>
> I have a question for all you symbologists out there (Tom Hanks included).
> What meanings does the symbol of a triangle inside a circle have?
>
> Apparently it was (is?) used by Alcoholics Anonymous. However, such a
> symbol must exist also in antiquity, and Google isn't helping me out here.
> When I try googling it, I get hits about AA or warnings about satanism,
> neither of which is helpful for me, thankfully.
>
> The reason I'm curious is because I invented this symbol, and a meaning
> behind it, in my conculture. It occurs to me I should check what other
> meanings it might have.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Danny
>
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