Grand Unified Theory

James Wynn · 25 Aug 2010, 21:40 · from 2010-August.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:40:54 -0500
Subject: (urth) Grand Unified Theory
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> Ant?nio Marques - the modern word represents a coincidence and 
> convergence of at least two unrelated words of similar sound and 
> sense. Tiphon  "violent storm, whirlwind, tornado" is recorded from 
> 1555, from Gk. typhon  "whirlwind," personified as a giant, father of 
> the winds, perhaps from typhein  "to smoke." The meaning "cyclone, 
> violent hurricane of India or the China Seas" (1588) is first recorded 
> in T. Hickock's translation of an account in Italian of a voyage to 
> the East Indies by C?sar Frederick, a merchant of Venice, probably 
> borrowed from, or infl. by, Chinese (Cantonese) tai fung  "a great wind,"

Have we not learned from reading Wolfe that there are no "coincidences" 
of this sort?
The Greek FATHER of Winds is the Cantonese GREAT (larger and more 
dominant personage of) Wind.
But if Wolfe had a Chinese man in a story speak Typhon's name in dialect 
(Typhun-gh), he would be criticized for his embarrassing, cultural 
condescension.

;-)

(I used my fifth post for this, heh heh)

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