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I have been a guest on the forums for many months now. I often spend a high percentage of my free time here. I took a break to get a snack, and I was struck with the idea of posting this thread question.

What do you say is the most spiritually sound language? I mean, I just finished a handful of raisins (a food my dad has not eaten since I was a child). If you sound out the word, you obviously get ray-sins. Why should someone have considered it (even in jest) a sin to allow a grape to shrivel in the sun?:confused:
 
Etymology:The word raisin dates back to Middle English and is a loanword from Old French; in French, raisin means “grape,” while a dried grape is referred to as a raisin sec, or “dry grape.” The Old French word in turn developed from the Latin word racemus, "a bunch of grapes

This is from Wikipedia.

There is no connection between the word “raisin” and “sin.” Just they type of language coincidences that happen in this wonderful, interesting world!
 
Michael19682 said:
What do you say is the most spiritually sound language? I mean, I just finished a handful of raisins (a food my dad has not eaten since I was a child). If you sound out the word, you obviously get ray-sins. Why should someone have considered it (even in jest) a sin to allow a grape to shrivel in the sun?:confused:
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Since you’d get words like that in any spoken language, I’d say American Sign Language or Braille. 🙂
 
Peggy_in_Burien said:
Etymology:The word raisin dates back to Middle English and is a loanword from Old French; in French, raisin means “grape,” while a dried grape is referred to as a raisin sec, or “dry grape.” The Old French word in turn developed from the Latin word racemus, "a bunch of grapes

This is from Wikipedia.

There is no connection between the word “raisin” and “sin.” Just they type of language coincidences that happen in this wonderful, interesting world!
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Ah, a loanword. Did the English ever pay for it, or have they given it back? and how is the French economy these days after loaning so many words to the English…
 
Michael19682 said:
Ah, a loanword. Did the English ever pay for it, or have they given it back? and how is the French economy these days after loaning so many words to the English…
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I’m not touching that one with my 6’1" Pole!
 
Michael19682 said:
Why? You’re about as distant from those nations as you can get in the U.S 😃
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Please explain. My 6’1" Pole lives just 10 miles from me, as the crow flies.🙂

Oh, I see, you mean the English and the French. Well, I try not to get inbetween them! Even with my 6’1" Pole doing the translating (he has Polish, English, Russian, and French; while I have English, Castillian, and German).

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Why should someone have considered it (even in jest) a sin to allow a grape to shrivel in the sun?:confused:
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Not only is it cruel and unusual punishment, it’s discriminatory. We don’t do that to apples, corn, pumpkins, white people…
 
Michael19682 said:
If you sound out the word, you obviously get ray-sins.
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Actually you get ray-zinz.

And you ask about the French economy - well look at the number of words Latin loaned out to so many client languages, and you’ll understand why Rome fell and the language is dead! 😉
 
Michael19682 said:
I mean, I just finished a handful of raisins (a food my dad has not eaten since I was a child). If you sound out the word, you obviously get ray-sins. Why should someone have considered it (even in jest) a sin to allow a grape to shrivel in the sun?:confused:
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😃

Dried grapes are sinful in the Middle East because after eating them… your camel can’t get you down fast enough.

Google search “raisin etymology”.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raisin#Etymology
 
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