<html><body>
On 9/20/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Fritz Goerling</b> <<a href="mailto:Fritz_Goerling@sil.org">Fritz_Goerling@sil.org</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><font face="Tahoma"><font size="2"><span></span>A<span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="3">nother
(im)possible collocation is "mixed blessing," but not "mixed
benediction"</font></span></font></font></div>
<div><font face="Tahoma"><font size="2"><span></span><span></span><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="3">I<span>n the more Catholic part of Germany
(Bavaria), the male first name
Benedikt</span></font></font></font></font></font></div>
<div><font face="Tahoma"><font size="2"><font><font color="#0000ff"><font size="3"><span></span></font></font></font><span></span><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="3">o<span>ccurs, like Benedetto in
Italy.</span></font></font></font></font></font></div>
<div><font face="Tahoma"><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="3"><span></span></font></font></font></font></font></div></blockquote></div><br>
It will be on the increase now! I wonder how many boys have been
christened Benedikt recently? There is at least one Benedick in
Shakespeare.<br>
<br>
I know I didn't consider the question of empowerment. I would add that you get blessing in the Old Testament, not benediction. <br>
<br>
Margaret<br>
<!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| -->
<br>
<div style="text-align:center; color:#909090; width:500px;">
<hr style="border-bottom:1px; width:500px; text-align:left;">
<tt>YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS</tt>
</div>
<br>
<ul>
<tt><li type=square> Visit your group "<a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lexicographylist">lexicographylist</a>" on the web.<br> </tt>
<tt><li type=square> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:<br> <a href="mailto:lexicographylist-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe">lexicographylist-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com</a><br> </tt>
<tt><li type=square> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the <a href="http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/">Yahoo! Terms of Service</a>.</tt>
</ul>
<br>
<div style="text-align:center; color:#909090; width:500px;">
<hr style="border-bottom:1px; width:500px; text-align:left;">
</div>
</br>
<!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| -->
</body></html>