Roots ending in "X" ("hard H") tend towards disgust?
Udut, Kenneth
kenneth.udut at SPCORP.COM
Tue Feb 8 19:54:00 UTC 2000
Greetings SEELANGers!
Just the other day, I received Gribble's Russian Root List
(Thanks George!), and after a cursory glance at the roots,
a thought came to mind:
It seems that many of the roots ending in X ('Kh', the almost
coughing-like sound) seem to indicate things that are of
disgust.... unpleasant things, distasteful things, things that
are quite yucky for a decent person to even to think about...
Does this appear to be the case?
I can give examples if necessary, but I figure that this
must be a common enough observation that y'all would receive
in your classes from your students.
Thank you!
-Kenneth
--
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing
at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the
tempting moment. -author unknown
[Kenneth Udut kenneth.udut at spcorp.com simplify3 at juno.com]
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