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Posted by Elettaria on April 1, 2004 at 09:37:49:

In reply to: Re: For Catherine: vashma/vasma/wasma posted by Catherine Cartwright-Jones on March 31, 2004 at 23:16:18:

Poor you, what a nuisance to research. It does sound like there's a
nice amount of vagueness going on, but I suppose it's to be expected,
considering how many things get called "henna" when they blatantly aren't.

I would check out the linguistic variations, though. I'm not a big
linguist, but they sound likely to me. I learnt Latin and Greek at
school (plus French, of course), and being Jewish I have a little
familiarity with Hebrew. I also did English Language for a couple of
years at uni, which involved a certain amount of language history,
baby linguistics, and Old English. As far as I know, in these sorts
of languages v and w are commonly interchangeable, and the same goes
for s and sh; hence my looking up those variants.

My biochemist ex would probably know, he's got a good knowledge of
Hebrew and Latin and fancies himself quite an amateur linguist (the
linguistics type), but unfortunately we're not in touch any more.
(Actually, fortunately!) I'll try my best friend, he's a superb
linguist. The modern languages type rather than the linguistics type,
but like me he did Latin and Greek at school (less, admittedly) and
his Hebrew is far better than mine (which is practically non-existent,
I just bluff my way through synagogue and make mental notes about
anything that looks interesting linguistically).

And then there are my friends with Indian parents...

My guess is still find an Ayurvedic practitioner. It's a pity that
the languages involved will most likely not be using the Roman
alphabet, hence difficulty in finding any info.

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Trying.............. Catherine Cartwright-Jones 10:23:07 4/1/2004 (4)
- Re: Trying.............. Pierre 15:49:04 4/1/2004 (2)
  - Erudite chap, aren't you! Elettaria 20:58:12 4/2/2004 (1)
    - Re: Erudite chap, aren't you! Pierre 22:09:04 4/2/2004 (0)
- Who needs vowels? Elettaria 14:43:40 4/1/2004 (0)

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: Poor you, what a nuisance to research. It does sound like there's a : nice amount of vagueness going on, but I suppose it's to be expected, : considering how many things get called "henna" when they blatantly aren't. : : I would check out the linguistic variations, though. I'm not a big : linguist, but they sound likely to me. I learnt Latin and Greek at : school (plus French, of course), and being Jewish I have a little : familiarity with Hebrew. I also did English Language for a couple of : years at uni, which involved a certain amount of language history, : baby linguistics, and Old English. As far as I know, in these sorts : of languages v and w are commonly interchangeable, and the same goes : for s and sh; hence my looking up those variants. : : My biochemist ex would probably know, he's got a good knowledge of : Hebrew and Latin and fancies himself quite an amateur linguist (the : linguistics type), but unfortunately we're not in touch any more. : (Actually, fortunately!) I'll try my best friend, he's a superb : linguist. The modern languages type rather than the linguistics type, : but like me he did Latin and Greek at school (less, admittedly) and : his Hebrew is far better than mine (which is practically non-existent, : I just bluff my way through synagogue and make mental notes about : anything that looks interesting linguistically). : : And then there are my friends with Indian parents... : : My guess is still find an Ayurvedic practitioner. It's a pity that : the languages involved will most likely not be using the Roman : alphabet, hence difficulty in finding any info.
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