From:    Falcon                                 Area: MagickNet
To:      Khephera                               17 Jun 96 18:38:40
Subject: words                                  UpdReq 

K> And this, in turn, illustrates one of my earlier points that words
K> with differnt histories- yet similar meanings (Hathor and Ishtar are
K> very alike) can sometimes end up sounding alike.  But, this isn't by
K> any design.  It seems to be a kind of cosmic-consciousness kind of
K> thing....:)
I'd be careful if I were you. There are as much examples that oppose your 
theory, even between closely connected languages. German/English has a few 
very good examples like german "bekommen" and english "become", which have 
quite different meanings. (ever heard a german in a restaurant say: "I'd like 
to become a beaf steak?")
Think a second about the sheer number of sounds that a typical language 
produces. It is almost guaranteed that some words will sound almost as some 
words in another language, and it is quite probable that some of those have 
similiar meanings.
There's also another reason, but I don't like writing five-message-mails, so 
I'll let it for all of you to figure out yourself.
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