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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 anastrophic vs catastrophic #130442 07/15/04 12:29 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic OP Carpal Tunnel OP AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York These two words recently I read in an article about paleolithic events. The meaning (contrast) I can't quite grasp. Can someone for me sort it out? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: anastrophic vs catastrophic #130443 07/15/04 01:07 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I ran your almost-name through OneLook; anastrophic doesn't seem to exist. So I tried anastrophe and had better luck: all but one had inversion/transposition of words as the def. One had simply inversion, which, without context, I can't make fit into a paleolithic scenario. However--I was given a few alternatives, none of which were particularly relevant, but I'm wondering if your writer might have meant this: anatrophic (ana·troph·ic) (an²[schwa]-trof¢ik) 1. correcting or preventing atrophy. 2. a remedy that prevents waste of the tissues. (Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: anastrophic vs catastrophic #130444 07/15/04 01:21 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem veteran jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California I googled around and found a reference online saying that anastrophic was a local catstrophic [event]. Mentioned another term that I've seen before, "punctuated equilibrium", for how things (genetic) remain in a steady state for a long time, but then have short periods of almost catstrophic change. (I've seen it applied to language change.) http://origins.swau.edu/papers/global/chadwick/default.html Another page (a Velikowsky newsletter (!)) attributed the term anastrophic to Forese Carlo Wezel who seems to be an Italian geologist. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: anastrophic vs catastrophic #130445 07/15/04 01:44 PM Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 72 "The South", USA C clockworkchaos journeyman clockworkchaos journeyman C Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 72 "The South", USA http://www.grazian-archive.com/quantavolution/QuantaHTML/vol_02/cosmicheretics_3_09.htm refers to a mid-70s geologist contributing "the essential concept of anastrophism, the positive side of catastrophism, attributing the birth as well as the death of species to radiation disasters." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: anastrophic vs catastrophic #130446 07/15/04 01:51 PM Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 72 "The South", USA C clockworkchaos journeyman clockworkchaos journeyman C Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 72 "The South", USA Weird. My guy was Dutch. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: anastrophic vs catastrophic #130447 07/15/04 01:57 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic OP Carpal Tunnel OP AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Synchronicitously, Dr Bill sends me in a PM this link similar to clockwork's: http://www.grazian-archive.com/quantavolution/QuantaHTML/vol_04/lately_tortured_earth_27.htm Now I'll go off and see if I can make sense of this. Thank you all. For me, anastrophe was never anything more than a rhetorical device. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: anastrophic vs catastrophic #130448 07/21/04 02:25 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Anna, your comment in the other thread sent me back here. I ran 'ana-' through Onelook, and the first def. in Wordsmyth could make sense in geology: Syllables: an-a-- Part of Speech prefix Definition 1. up or upward. Example anabatic. Definition 2. back or backward. Example anachronism ; anapest. Definition 3. again. Example anabiosis. Definition 4. similar to. Example analogous. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: anastrophic vs catastrophic #130449 07/21/04 02:39 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK D dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah D Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK So where does anabaptist fit into that? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: anastrophic vs catastrophic #130450 07/21/04 02:45 PM Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 72 "The South", USA C clockworkchaos journeyman clockworkchaos journeyman C Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 72 "The South", USA That all depends on whether you are an anabaptist or not. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter where does anabaptist fit into that? #130451 07/21/04 08:13 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Wasn't she Johnabaptist's unheralded sister? TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 2 1 2 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. 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