DOES ANYONE KNOW THE TRUE MEANING!

[blackrose]

Question to all my fellow believers, I was sat watching a programme on tv which told me the true meaning of the word thing and i would like to know if anyone else knows love to you all

xxxxxblackrosexxxxx

[hedge*]

Ummmmm........I really don't understand the question please can you elaborate.

[Draconis]

You havnt really placed a question, you have kind of run from one sentence into another but skipped a chunk of each out

[Sercee]

No offense, blackrose, but could you please re-post your question (and add some punctuation)? I don't really understand what you want...

[blackrose]

hi sorry guys what i should of put was,

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THE TRUE MEANING OF THE WORD "THING" IS?

I found it interesting and i dont use it very often anymore. Hope this helps please excuse my terrible english!

[Sercee]

Ahh, I thought so just wanted to make sure....

Well, I'd say it is a general term to identify an entity, object, idea or state that can not be readily described or defined.

I looked it up a second ago in an online dictionary and I think I'm close... their definition is long...

[juliaki]

If I remember right, the word "thing" came from the name of a form of ruling body in one of the Scandinavian countries.

[blackrose]

secree do u know where it comes from? and sorry it doesn't actully mean that, ill see if anyone else has any ideas or comes up the same as i know? how r u anyway?xxxx

[blackrose]

juliaki very close not a lot of people know the true, true meaning how r u?

[jcrowfoot]

Hello, blackrose:

True meaning of the word "witch" perhaps? I've heard conflicting views on that. Not being a linguist, I'm not sure who's right. I am going to a convention to hear A. J. Drew http://www.ajdrew.com talk about his research saying that the word "witch" means victim.
(note: this is not the only reason I'm going. Just one of many )

Also, many believe that it means Wise One, etc.
I have not done much research on A J Drew, nor have I done in depth research on the meaning of the word witch. A fairly astute individual I know and trust reports the latter, so what A J Drew said is news to me.
I still want to see his presentation at Convocation,http://www.convocation.com to see what he has to say. I keep an open mind about this stuff, at least until I see some good references. After all, Linguistics is a science. There are ways to come to some reasonably solid conclusions. The thing that bugs me about traditional meaning is that I've never seen anyone site where they got the traditional meaning. Without that it looses some credibility.

If it is the word you mean, then tell us what the TV show said it meant.
Also, which TV show? I'm curious.


I don't mean to hijack your post.

If "witch" is not the word you mean, we should start a new discussion on this. It's an interesting thread. Let us know.

-Juniper

[jcrowfoot]

OOOPS. Sorry guys. When I started posting, all that was present was blackrose's post. When I completed the post, a whole host of stuff was posted and now my stuff is completely off topic.
My appologies.

[Eretik]

This is a parliament - a council of the wise for the good of the people. In the isle of Man it is called the Tynwald, but comes from the same Norse/Saxon origin as that used in other places. Why the question?Are you curious? because people would only know this if interested in or studying paths relating to the Norse and Saxon ways of life and history, or , also if , like me you live somewhere, where there were past settlements or if you studied the history.

[blackrose]

eretik well done it fasinates me i know it means "court" in norse im really interested in it all xx