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  • From: peter_kirk AT sil.org
  • To: <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re[2]: Judges 5:30
  • Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 01:08:44 -0400


Henry wrote:

Hmmm, "wench" has connotations of 18th century barmaids, and people
dressing up in phony costumes with eyepatches and pretending to be
pirates, but I think it's actually the best translation I've seen so
far...

I was thinking "wench" too, as the word seems to be coming back into
colloquial use among younger British men with just the right
derogatory connotations. I guess the fashion came from "Blackadder"
(Rowan Atkinson TV series), I think he used the word a lot.

Peter Kirk





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