Innocent=not knowing

[Ralph Cleminson]

A matter of Latin rather than Slavonic word-formation, but still:

Innocent=not harming
Ignorant=not knowing.

The two are not equivalent (cf. the current Ruthenia debate).

R.M.Cleminson,
Professor of Slavonic Studies,
University of Portsmouth,
Park Building,
King Henry I Street,
Portsmouth PO1 2DZ
tel. +44 23 92 846143, fax: +44 23 92 846040

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