In Germany we used to refer to attempts to place Books of Mormons (usually in small "Pensionen" or inns) as "buming," which is Missionary German. It's pronounced "booming" and comes from BuM (das Buch Mormon), pronounced "boom" but with a relatively short duration "oo". When you dangle a child on your knee in German, you don't say, "bumpity bumpity..." but "bums bums" (booms booms, with a sibilant s, not a "z" s). In Swabian (Schwäbisch) dialect it's "bumsele bumsele" (BOOM-sel-uh)
Ronn Blankenship wrote: > At 07:18 PM 12/1/02 -0700, Marc A. Schindler wrote: > >Oh. Should have added one more minor thing. "BoMor" is a contraction > >preferred by > >Brent Metcalfe, who edited the book in which this paper appeared, and who > >likewise > >does not believe in the historicity of the Book of Mormon -- Metcalfe was > >exxed I > >think sometime after the infamous September Six. No big deal, just a > >stylism that > >shows which "school" he belongs to. JWR might call it a "Signaturi tatoo" ;-) > > At least he doesn't prefer simply dropping the "o" from the more common > abbreviation . . . > > --Ronn! :) > > I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. > I never dreamed that I would see the last. > --Dr. Jerry Pournelle > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland “Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on” – Winston Churchill Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author’s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^^=============================================================== This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===============================================================
