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To: Natural Law

By the way, is “abracadabra” anything like “hocus pocus?”


44 posted on 01/09/2011 2:55:36 PM PST by Zionist Conspirator ('Ashirah leHaShem ki-ga'oh ga'ah, sus verokhevo ramah vayam!)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

No. One opens a door, the other is a trick.


46 posted on 01/09/2011 3:26:06 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously..... You won't live through it anyway.)
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To: Zionist Conspirator
"By the way, is “abracadabra” anything like “hocus pocus?”"

From the wikipedia:

"Abracadabra is an incantation used as a magic word in conjuring tricks that historically was believed to have healing powers when inscribed on an amulet. Abracadabra origin is thought to be from the Aramaic language. Abra=אברה which is "to create" and cadabra=כדברא which is "as I say", ultimately when merging the two words abracadabra means in Aramaic is create as I say thus used oftentimes in magic tricks."

47 posted on 01/09/2011 3:30:46 PM PST by Natural Law (Grant that we may be one flock and one shepherd!)
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