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Post by Hnefahogg on Nov 19, 2022 9:15:30 GMT
--J.P. Mallory, In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology, and Myth, ISBN 050005052X, p. 140
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Nov 19, 2022 10:15:48 GMT
Anyone know how sinister (Latin for left) came to mean something bad?
I do! I do!
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Post by PaulsLaugh Thought Mountie on Nov 19, 2022 13:25:03 GMT
Anyone know how sinister (Latin for left) came to mean something bad? I do! I do! It comes from fortune telling. When facing North and a flock of ravens take flight towards the setting sun, that means some bad news is a-coming.
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Nov 19, 2022 13:40:30 GMT
Anyone know how sinister (Latin for left) came to mean something bad? I do! I do! It comes from fortune telling. When facing North and a flock of ravens take flight towards the setting sun, that means some bad news is a-coming. That's along the lines of what I read - in Caesar's Gallic Wars, by Julius Caesar, he explains that when an army sets off, seeing an eagle flying on their left (sinister in Latin) was seen as a bad omen. Hence in English, sinister has bad connotations and, as sinister means left, the left also has bad connotations.
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Post by ayatollah on Nov 21, 2022 22:25:03 GMT
Anyone know how sinister (Latin for left) came to mean something bad? I do! I do! It comes from fortune telling. When facing North and a flock of ravens take flight towards the setting sun, that means some bad news is a-coming. I knew you were an Augur.
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Post by PaulsLaugh Thought Mountie on Nov 21, 2022 22:33:36 GMT
It comes from fortune telling. When facing North and a flock of ravens take flight towards the setting sun, that means some bad news is a-coming. I knew you were an Augur.
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