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Re[2]: Judges 5:30

From: Will Wagers <hyle AT airmail.net>
To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Re[2]: Judges 5:30
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 08:24:28 -0500

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...

How about *bitch* as used in the vernacular of young Afro-Americans?

Will Wagers hyle AT airmail.net "Reality is the best metaphor."

Judges 5:30, Henry Churchyard, 09/24/1999
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Judges 5:30, Jim West, 09/24/1999
- Re: Judges 5:30, Henry Churchyard, 09/25/1999
- Re: Judges 5:30, G. Brooke Lester, 09/25/1999
- Re: Judges 5:30, Henry Churchyard, 09/26/1999
- Re: Judges 5:30, George Athas, 09/26/1999
- Re[2]: Judges 5:30, peter_kirk, 09/27/1999
- Re[2]: Judges 5:30, Will Wagers, 09/27/1999
- Re: Judges 5:30, Henry Churchyard, 09/27/1999
- Re[2]: Judges 5:30, Ben Crick, 09/27/1999
- Re: Judges 5:30, George Athas, 09/27/1999
- Re: Judges 5:30, Henry Churchyard, 09/28/1999
- Re[3]: Judges 5:30, peter_kirk, 09/28/1999
- Re: Judges 5:30, John Ronning, 09/28/1999
- Re: Re[3]: Judges 5:30, Henry Churchyard, 09/28/1999
- Re: Judges 5:30, George Athas, 09/28/1999
- Re: Judges 5:30, George Athas, 09/28/1999