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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">In Modern Greek the word for lamb (/arní/) is used to refer to someone as ‘tame, calm, or peaceful’ (cf. the Greek translation of the 1967 film “The Taming of the Shrew” as lit. “The Shrew who became a little lamb”). In this sense the word is prototypically used in the diminutive (/arnáki/) and usually as a predicative (s.o. becomes (= is turned into) a little lamb). Contextually it is typically contrasted with a previous situation where he/she was “wild”, “mad”, “unpleasant”, etc.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<DIV>Ekaterini Stathi
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><BR><BR><B><I>Fritz Goerling <Fritz_Goerling@sil.org></I></B> wrote:</P>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><TT>What is associated with the image "lamb" when predicated of a person<BR>in your language (not only English?<BR>I can only think of "pious as a lamb" (lammfromm) in German.<BR>To my knowledge in English you can say "as innocent as a lamb"<BR>or "as docile/quiet/obedient as a lamb". And it can be<BR>used with reference to someone who you are fond of and who<BR>is gentle and lovable.<BR><BR>Fritz Goerling<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></TT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><p>
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