Nov 21, 2005 20:50
the english word nine shares the common proto-indo-european origin as its german and french counterparts. and it came as a surprise to me that in german both neu(new) and neun(nine) share the same proto-indo-european grandparent. their latin equivalent didn't even bother to make the distinction, as exemplified in french, neuf for both nine and new. it is actually quite very amusing and unbelieveable that people in the early days of h. sapiens' history that the concept of nine can be such a mind-boggling novelty.
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picked up yeel's guitar today. haven't touched one since the end of may as the ones at home have been plagued by broken D-strings. the all-so-familiar curves of the body. *happy*. picked the notes of leaving on a jetplane and sang loudly to it. very exhilarating.