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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Definite Articles Included #163423 11/13/2006 2:54 PM Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1 Sadiewilcox stranger Sadiewilcox stranger Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1 Here's another duplication of definite articles from the same part of the world as the La Brea Tarpits: Anaheim lost out to its more powerful neighbor when their American League baseball team was renamed "The Los Angeles Angels (of Anaheim)"--the the angels angels (of Anaheim). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Definite Articles Included #163424 11/14/2006 11:04 PM Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2 cafewalter stranger cafewalter stranger Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2 About the batteries... I'm a (very small) manufacturer of battery-powered devices. Although I do ship my goods with batteries, I have some insight into why others might not. One big reason is that they're HEAVY. It adds substantially to the shipping cost, and also to the risk of damage due to sudden acceleration (bumps and drops) during shipping. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Definite Articles Included #163425 11/15/2006 4:20 PM Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1 trimble stranger trimble stranger Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1 The word alarm contains a disguised definite article, as it is derived, via the French alarme, from the Italian all'arme! (to arms!). Interestingly, the word alkahest, mentioned in connection with alchemy on Monday, is cod Arabic, coined by Paracelsus. Incidentally, my surname, Tremberth, contains a vestigial INdefinite article, the Cornish an; in the development of the name tre an berth became trenberth, then was altered to tremberth through a change in spelling I noted in the 1881 UK census Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Definite Articles Included #163426 11/18/2006 3:41 PM Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1 Phil_Simpson stranger Phil_Simpson stranger Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1 The included article is well-known in astronomy. Many ancient star names were simply the name of an object, or the star's location in a constellation. During the dark ages, much of the knowledge of the sky was preserved by the Arabs who translated the meanings into Arabic. When the names were translated from Arabic back into European languages, the Arabic name was often used in part or in whole and the "al" was often included in the star name. Hence there are over 100 star names beginning in "al", all the way from Aladfar from "al Athfar" meaning "the talons" to Alzirr from "Al Zirr," meaning "the Button". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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