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To: DocH

I saw that shun stuff in the koran too, funny thing about that.


1,262 posted on 01/30/2007 4:34:47 PM PST by JimFreedom (let's not let good be the enemy of perfect to our detriment. - Cable225)
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To: JimFreedom
I saw that shun stuff in the koran too, funny thing about that.

You must not be familiar with COMMON words used in the ENGLISH language, huh?

It IS funny that the koran uses words of ENGLISH derivation...

From Merriam-Webster online:

shun

One entry found for shun.

Main Entry: shun

Pronunciation: 'sh&n

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form(s): shunned; shun·ning

Etymology: Middle English shonen, shunnen, from Old English scunian

: to avoid deliberately and especially habitually

synonym see ESCAPE

- shun·ner noun

1,272 posted on 01/30/2007 4:43:47 PM PST by DocH (Gun-grabbers, you can HAVE my guns... lead first.)
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