Languages

[sesame]

What is the origin of the word:

A B R A C A D A B R A
A B R A C A D A B R
A B R A C A D A B
A B R A C A D A
A B R A C A D
A B R A C A
A B R A C
A B R A
A B R
A B
A

[sesame]

What majesty should be, what duty is,
Why day is day, night is night, and time is time.
Were nothing but to waste night, day, and time.
Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit,
And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,
I will be brief. Your noble son is mad.

Alas, Gentle ila, nobe ila, is mad!


I'm just pulling your leg, ila dear!

[johndowe]

Hi there.

That reminds me of a series of manuals:

How to be brief, in 36 volumes.

JohnDowe.

[johndowe]

Hi there.

Ethimology, archeology paleanthology, mathematical theories, and all this because someone asked about the languages you spoke?

Facinating!

But i speak french and english, only?

JohnDowe.

[sesame]

Originally Posted by sesame

What is the origin of the word:

A B R A C A D A B R A
A B R A C A D A B R
A B R A C A D A B
A B R A C A D A
A B R A C A D
A B R A C A
A B R A C
A B R A
A B R
A B
A

• To Johndowe, if you quote my original question about abracadabra and this one, you will find the structural difference and economy of code used to create the latter pattern.
  
• Since ila or anyone else has not attempted to answer my question for so long, I will give the answer for sake's sake!
  
  
• Abracadabra was indeed a word of power in ancient Greece. This magical formula was to be written in a parchment and worn in an amulet as a necklace. It was supposed to ward off sickness. The exact greek word was ABRASADABRA with an "S".
  
• Another very ancient source:
  Hebrew words for Father(ab), son(ben), holy spirit(ruach acadosch)...
  gave rise to Aramaic idiom, avra kedabra, which meant, "I will create as I speak!"
  
  
• Later on, magicians and performers used those magical words to add some mysticism to their shows, along with "Presto", "Voila" and "hocus-pocus".

[ila]

Originally Posted by sesame

.....Since ila or anyone else has not attempted to answer my question for so long, I will give the answer for sake's sake!

sesame, you only posted this yesterday. I didn't have time to answer it. I do have a life beyond this forum. I intended to do some research, on abracadabra, before answering. I would have been surprised at the results though because my original inclination was that the word has arabic origins.

[sesame]

Ihesus Hominum Salvator (IHS) : some say that it stands for In His Service, but the truth is something else.

IHESUS HOMINUM SALVATOR

Its in Latin meaning, Jesus, savior of mankind.

In Greek, Jesus was spelt like Ihesus.

[sesame]

These are the Nineth century Anglo Saxon alphabets. Note that K, W, Y are missing and there's a new letter after T and there's an alien looking S instead of Z! To sum up, I must assume that the English alphabets were less than 26 at that time.

In the next picture, taken from the Library of Minerva, Rome, 9th century, K, W, X, Y, Z are missing. Again, there is an extra S. I think this S was pronounced like Z and was later placed at the end, where Z is now.

[hansen]

Мамицу вам болесну свима педерчине изопачене што вас не побаци, но вас роди такве,све би ја вас од ува до ува разрезо

[Naked Freedom]

Speaking of languages this question comes to my mind......
Which country has the highest number of recognised laguages??
I think it is INDIA