Khem Caigan doth schreibble:
>>
>> But the connection of Magic and Mechanism is
>> not of my invention - I was referring to
>> the Etymological identity of the words as
>> described by, for example, Dieter Harmening:
And Steffi Friederichs doth reply:
>
> the conclusion of his etymology is not correct. blindly following a term
> into the past neglects the evolution of language. even if both words
> have been related in the past, their notions might have changed
> significantly and often gathering more than one definition.
Accusing Dieter Harmening of "blindly following
a term into the past" really takes the cake,
particularly when Dieter Harmening is citing the
entries by Kluges and Mackensen on the subject in the
*Etymologisches Wörterbuch der Deutschen Sprache*.
If there is any reason why Academics should discount
the conclusions of the *Etymologisches Wörterbuch*
preferentially for the conclusions of Gunther
Drosdowski's *Wörterbuch*, I should very much like
to know of it.
Cors in Manu Domine,
~ Khem Caigan
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Pretty Green Bank, Farewell, and mayst thou Wear
Sun-beams, and Rose, and Lilies all the Year;
She slept on thee, but needed not to shed
Her Gold, 'twas Joy enough to be Her Bed.
Thy Flowers are Favourites, for this loved Day
They were my Rivals, and with Her did Play;
They found their Heaven at Hand, and in Her Eyes
Enjoyed a copy of their absent Skies.
Their weaker Paint did with true Glories trade,
And mingled with Her cheeks one Posy made;
And did not Her soft Skin confine their Pride,
And with a screen of Silk Her Flowers divide,
They had sucked Life from thence, and from Her Heat
Borrowed a Soul to make themselves Complete.
O happy Pillow! though thou art laid even
With Dust, She made thee up almost a Heaven;
Her Breath rained Spices, and each Amber ring
Of Her bright Locks strewed Bracelets over thy Spring.
That Earth is not poor, did such a Treasure hold,
But thrice Enriched with Amber, Spice, and Gold.
~ John Heydon
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