[Milton-L] New to list - Epic Simile question/Paradise Lost

[Christine Gray]

Mr. Colburn, I suggest you drop the subject.

 

The members of this list k-n-o-w their subject inside out.

 

I'm a lurker.  I sit on the side and watch/listen.

 

Christine in Baltimore 

 

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[mailto:milton-l-bounces at lists.richmond.edu] On Behalf Of jonnyangel
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 2:27 AM
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Subject: Re: [Milton-L] New to list - Epic Simile question/Paradise Lost

 

"Etymological dictionaries are the product of research in historical
linguistics. For a large number of words in any language, the etymology will
be uncertain, disputed, or simply unknown. In such cases, depending on the
space available, an etymological dictionary will present various suggestions
and perhaps make a judgment on their likelihood, and provide references to a
full discussion in specialist literature."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymological_dictionary 

Respectfully submitted, 
Jonathan Colburn, Plumber 
Bedford, In 




On 9/27/08 11:39 PM, "susan allison" <jbase484 at gmail.com> wrote:


Partridge's  Etymological Dictionary offers:

from norma, a carpenter's square you get ab-norma and e-norma.
Ab-norma is "away from the square"-- abnormal
whereas e-norma is "outside" of the square,

if the carpenter's square is not just measurement but also "code of conduct"

then Satan not only veers "away" from the code but actually subsumes it, is
beyond a code of conduct, hence morally outrageous. Milton pushes the
envelope in both directions. 

or so it seems to me.

respectfully submitted,
Susan Allison, Poet
Middletown, Ct

On Sep 27, 2008, at 11:20 PM, jonnyangel wrote:

I have quite a few, some even from the 20th century.

Sounds like you might be in need of some newer ones...

J


On 9/27/08 11:15 PM, "gilliaca at jmu.edu" <gilliaca at jmu.edu> wrote:

 

.>I'm aware of the various definitions of the word, .

Actually, it does not, ever, refer to size. Get a good dictionary.
C
Cynthia A. Gilliatt
English Department, JMU, ret.
JMU Safe Zones supporter
"You have made God in your own image when God hates the same people you
hate."
Fr. John Weston
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