Comments on: In bitter times http://www.joelnothman.com/2006/10/28/in-bitter-times/ Hobbily blogging Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:17:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: JoelNothman.com » October http://www.joelnothman.com/2006/10/28/in-bitter-times/comment-page-1/#comment-1552 JoelNothman.com » October Sat, 13 Oct 2007 09:35:44 +0000 http://joelnothman.com/2006/10/28/in-bitter-times/#comment-1552 [...] I pointed out this time last year that the Hebrew month of (Mar)cheshvan actually comes from the Akkadian for “eighth month”. So it means the same as October. [...] [...] I pointed out this time last year that the Hebrew month of (Mar)cheshvan actually comes from the Akkadian for “eighth month”. So it means the same as October. [...]

]]> By: Simon http://www.joelnothman.com/2006/10/28/in-bitter-times/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Simon Wed, 01 Nov 2006 03:40:22 +0000 http://joelnothman.com/2006/10/28/in-bitter-times/#comment-100 A little like "hamburger", perhaps? Rather than recognising "Hambürg" as the root, people immediately identified with "ham". That, of course, gave rise to chicken burgers, beef burgers, fish burgers... A little like “hamburger”, perhaps? Rather than recognising “Hambürg” as the root, people immediately identified with “ham”. That, of course, gave rise to chicken burgers, beef burgers, fish burgers…

]]> By: alex http://www.joelnothman.com/2006/10/28/in-bitter-times/comment-page-1/#comment-99 alex Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:57:03 +0000 http://joelnothman.com/2006/10/28/in-bitter-times/#comment-99 hey joel! i love false etymologies, especially creating them! good to see that you are surviving in the cold, it's getting cold in kibbutz too. i just finished the cotton harvest, and it's been raining for a while which is good! yes, i heard that the hebrew months got their names in the babylonian exile time, an example is the month nisan, named to commemorate when nebuchadnezzar's car (a nissan) broke down which allowed the jews a month of less persecution... anyway, off to class. alex hey joel! i love false etymologies, especially creating them!

good to see that you are surviving in the cold, it’s getting cold in kibbutz too. i just finished the cotton harvest, and it’s been raining for a while which is good!

yes, i heard that the hebrew months got their names in the babylonian exile time, an example is the month nisan, named to commemorate when nebuchadnezzar’s car (a nissan) broke down which allowed the jews a month of less persecution…

anyway, off to class.
alex

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