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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 Re: Jealousy and Envy #29833 05/28/01 01:28 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 46 Tol Eressëa N nemo newbie nemo newbie N Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 46 Tol Eressëa [/quote]Is it just me, or does it strike anyone else as...ironic... that our man of the cloth would announce his nuptials[/quote] Perhaps, but we'll know for sure if it rains on his wedding day. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Jealousy and Envy #29834 05/28/01 08:17 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA we'll know for sure if it rains on his wedding day ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now, wouldn't that be wonderful! In many cultures, especially Native Hawaiian, rain is very lucky. And should it be woindy...well winds come for the Royalty (ali'i.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Deadly Sin #29835 05/30/01 10:29 AM Joined: May 2001 Posts: 53 Munich, Germany S squid journeyman squid journeyman S Joined: May 2001 Posts: 53 Munich, Germany I'm not sure about in English, but in German envy and jealousy are very distinct. Envy, or Neid, is only for material things, whereas jealousy, or Eifersucht, is only used in referring to people. German is a rather strict language and I tend to think that in English the two words are quite a bit more interchangeable! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Deadly Sin #29836 05/30/01 10:39 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 25 USA G Gatsby OP newbie OP Gatsby newbie G Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 25 USA squid, Ich kann verstehen! What a twist on my inquiry. Of course, other languages would possibly be more precise. Shameful that I never explored that aspect. Danke, mit Besten Grussen (sorry no umlauts on this keyboard)! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 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 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,810 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 373 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,852 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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