So if it's Pentecoste* because the Holy Ghost came among the disciples of Christ, and they were able to suddenly speak and understand all sorts of languages --- does that mean Holy Ghost = Universal Grammar?
Ok, perhaps this post should be titled "Thoughts linguists get when they're slightly drunk".
*hides*
*Yes, I know that the correct English spelling would be Pentecost, but the Greek is Pentekoste, so I can damn well stick an "e" to the word if I feel like it.
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Date: 2008-05-12 12:16 pm (UTC)And you could always call it "Whit", if you wanted to avoid the E :)
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Date: 2008-05-12 08:25 pm (UTC)