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  • From: Rochelle Altman <willaa AT netvision.net.il>
  • To: Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] CV syllables, was music in Hebrew
  • Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 00:04:03 +0200

When dealing with people who do not have training in a subject (which has been made painfully clear from the choice of "-our"; there are, after all, far better examples in Old and Medieval English as well as in ancient languages that are more to the point, too), it is wise to condense and to simplify. If someone is interested, one can always expand upon a particular point..It does not take a genius to scrounge around websites for an exception to a condensed and simplified statement. It does take hostility and a marked unwillingness to learn by asking questions or for further data..

Do note how a parenthetical aside on the KJV was turned into a defensive statement on your part. Nobody claimed that you made the assertion; it was a parenthetical comment on a generally held misconception, that's all. Your reaction was hostile and you have been hostile from the moment I had the effrontery to bring up the evidence that Adonai is metrically three syllables in Hebrew songs.

You do not know the History of the English Language, yet you send posts with arguments depending upon that history. You also seem to want me to shut up; so I will.

.At 11:01 PM 2/9/2006, Peter Kirk wrote:
On 09/02/2006 20:48, Rochelle Altman wrote:
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Are you stating that your knowledge of the History of the English language is culled from non dot edu websites? Condensation of material for a post to a list is not an error.


It seems clear that the matter is not as clear cut as you first presented it. It is also more complex than I realised. OK, you have a right to simplify arguments, but in that case you should admit that you have simplified them.

I know what's in the APPOINTED Version published in 1611 and known as the KJV. (The AUTHORIZED version is Coverdale's -- authorized by Henry VIII). ...

And who called it the Authorised Version? Not me.
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You seem to have a genius for missing the main points in posts:


Perhaps I have a genius for noticing when people's main points are based on uncertain arguments. I know I don't always respond to the main point of a post. But I do think it is important to challenge poorly based arguments even when they are only supporting matters.
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When I do make a mistake, Peter, I admit it and correct it as soon as I spot it.


And so do I. If I have made any which I have not corrected, please let me know.

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Peter Kirk
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