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Who Invented "X"mas?
Posted on 12/03/2004 7:54:47 AM PST by rpellegrini
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To: rpellegrini
Well, it's getting to be about that time of year for certain posters to try and educate all of us about Christmas being pagan.
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posted on
12/03/2004 11:34:09 AM PST
by
fso301
To: Beckwith
I spent 12 years in Catholic school, and we were forbidden to write Xmas on anything. Those Nuns were tough and sometimes mean, but, I would go back and go thru it again. (altho, I hated school with a passion)
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posted on
12/03/2004 11:34:19 AM PST
by
Lovergirl
(Proud member of the Pajama Brigade.)
To: rpellegrini
Who invented "X"mas?This man:
:)
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posted on
12/03/2004 12:24:33 PM PST
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
(I feel more and more like a revolted Charlton Heston, witnessing ape society for the very first time)
To: dmz
Yeah, why not use irregardless in conversation,too? ALSO, in the dictionary. I am sure that will ame you come off as a rocket scientist.
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posted on
12/03/2004 12:34:42 PM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: rpellegrini
Who needs research and study when you can guess?
Clue: It's not an X.
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posted on
12/03/2004 2:31:55 PM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
("Ain't I a stinker?" B Bunny)
To: Larry Lucido
So, the ancient Greeks were twisted lefty commie scum? The bastards! Maybe, but as 25 Greek lawyers will tell you, they weren't poofters.
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posted on
12/03/2004 2:39:14 PM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
("Ain't I a stinker?" B Bunny)
To: RightWhale
Actually, the base of Shqipo is a pure word dating back to the earliest and only (excluding Armenian)intact and singular language on the Indo-European language tree.
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posted on
12/03/2004 2:53:40 PM PST
by
Shqipo
(What's Christmas about? Charlie Brown, Linus, and Snoopy have it down.)
To: rpellegrini
168
posted on
12/03/2004 2:54:06 PM PST
by
Nick Danger
(Want some wood?)
To: Eepsy
learn something new everyday.
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posted on
12/03/2004 3:01:02 PM PST
by
paltz
To: rpellegrini
from the Swedish Chef Dictionary of American Usage (bork, bork)
Xmes SYLLEBICETION: X·mes PRONOoNCIETION: krsms, ksms NOOoN: Chreestmes. Um gesh dee bork, bork! ITYMOLOGY: Frum X, zee Greek letter chee, furst letter ooff Greek Khrstus, Chreest. Um de hur de hur de hur. See-a Chreest. Um de hur de hur de hur. USEGE NOTE: Xmes hes beee used fur hoondreds ooff yeers in releegiuoos vreeting, vhere-a zee X represents a Greek chee, zee furst letter ooff , Chreest. Um de hur de hur de hur. In thees use-a it is perellel tu oozeer furms leeke-a Xteeun, Chreestiun. Boot peuple-a unevere-a ooff zee Greek ooreegin ooff thees X oofftee meestekenly interpret Xmes es un inffurmel shurteneeng prunuoonced (ksms). Muny zeereffure-a froon upun zee term Xmes becoose-a it seems tu zeem a cummerceeel cunfeneeence-a thet oomeets Chreest frum Chreestmes. Um gesh dee bork, bork!
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posted on
12/03/2004 3:06:32 PM PST
by
Leroy S. Mort
(Falcons - the Red States Team)
To: Shqipo
Yep, goes straight back to the root. I went up to our local univ library to see what I could find about the Albanian language and found one (1) book. I did check it out, but not every book speaks well, and this one was impossible. So, I remain ignorant, except for knowing that we amateurs are ignoring something important while we talk about Latin, Greek, and Celtic, among other popularly extinct languages. How can we possibly know what we say if don't know the root meanings of our words but just trace it back to French or Latin?
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posted on
12/03/2004 4:58:59 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(Destroy the dark; restore the light)
To: sartorius
to my great surprise, the Catholic magazine "Inside the Vatican" did a nice piece early this year showing persuasively that Christ probably was born on or near December 25thI've seen arguments for this notion. I'm thus far unconvinced. I think it is more likely that Jesus was born earlier in the fall, to coincide more with the festival of booths.
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posted on
12/04/2004 12:15:17 AM PST
by
Guyin4Os
(My name says Guyin40s but now I have an exotic, daring, new nickname..... Guyin50s)
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