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Sunday, April 13, 2025

Ongoing Evolution of Language

Filed under: General — Tags: , — m759 @ 10:57 am

For a rather more rapid evolution of language,
see "Large Language Model" in Wikipedia, and . . .

Delum venit. Ibi ex fano Apollinis religiosissimo 
noctu clam sustulit signa pulcherrima atque anti- 
quissima, eaque in onerariam navem suam conicienda 
curavit. Postridie cum fanum spoliatum viderent ii 

Saturday, November 25, 2023

Seize the “Dia-”

Filed under: General — Tags: — m759 @ 7:02 am

https://www.etymonline.com/word/dia-

"… before vowels, di-, word-forming element meaning
'through, in different directions, between,' also often
merely intensive, 'thoroughly, entirely,' from Greek
dia  'through; throughout,' probably cognate with bi-
and related to duo  'two' (from PIE root *dwo- 'two')
with a base sense of 'twice.' "

A midrash for Heidegger  —

Here "PIE" does not refer to food. It is an acronym
for "Proto-Indo-European."

See as well "Language Animal" in this journal.

Putting the “Pi” in “Pioneer”

Filed under: General — Tags: , — m759 @ 6:14 am

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