"aphorism" = ?

[Wilson Gray]

Let's see, now. What word can I pull out of my ass to make this
bullshit seem academic? Oh, WTF, I'll just toss in "aphorism." That
"ap" is probably from Greek _apo_, "from" and that "hor" probably has
something to with seeing. You know, like the _(h)or_ in "panorama."
Thus, it must mean something like "reflection" or "similarity." It'll
do.

-Wilson

On 11/11/06, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> I would have stopped at "encodes the subsistence strategy".
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> Joel
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> At 11/11/2006 10:18 PM, you wrote:
> >1995 C. L. Crumley, in Bettina Arnold & D. Blair Gibson _Celtic
> >Chiefdom, Celtic State: The Evolution of Complex Social Systems in
> >Prehistoric Europe_ (Cambridge: C.U.P.) 26: The folksong "Betsy from
> >Pike" encodes the subsistence strategy of many who took part in the
> >American westward expansion. Betsy...took animals likely to be
> >useful either along the route or in establishing herself in a new
> >farming community. In this paper I follow Hubert (1934) and suggest
> >that Betsy's strategy is an aphorism for that of later Iron Age
> >Celtic peoples who also drew on elements of a mature, temperate
> >European subsistence strategy.
> >
> >   JL
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