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Re:The Modern Lives of Ancient Symbols by sriku on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @07:54AM (#24775519)
Not necessary (rgd the edit). Comparative linguistics (however questionable) is a thing. For example, the page for October - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/October - does not mention any connection to indo-germanic languages where "october, november and december" have roots that map to the sanskrit "ashta, nava, dasha" (eight, nine, ten) which correspond to the eighth, ninth and tenth months in the roman calendar.
Re:The Modern Lives of Ancient Symbols by throwaway_pdp09 on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @08:21AM (#24775661)
It was coined in 1924. It was made up. Invented. Which part of that was unclear?
Re:The Modern Lives of Ancient Symbols by sriku on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @09:08PM (#24783650)
For some reason that didn't hit me at all. Perhaps I was already in a mode to draw a link. Apologies.
Re:The Modern Lives of Ancient Symbols by throwaway_pdp09 on Thursday October 15, 2020 @02:53AM (#24785647)
No problem, we've all done that.