I love to read what you write. I would love even more to listen to you
face to face. That way I could stop you and ask questions when you go
somewhere I do not understand. I could also help you move me to other
unknowns (for me) when I do understand. You said:
>The word "deem" comes from the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) word
>"deman". This word means "de"=of and "man"=human, ie
>"deman"=of-human. (My surname De Lange means "of length".)
Your name could also mean "writes of length", and that is what intimidates
me. Your knowledge is so much greater than mine, and your insight brings
me to other worlds with such force, I stand amazed.
You also said:
> The word
>"deman" has been used originally to refer to all possible intellectual
>activities of humankind such as to judge, to perceive, to consider, to
>comprehend, to analyse, to synthesize, to evaluate, to calculate, to
>assume, to think, to learn, to believe and to love. But when "deman"
>became "deem", it lost its incredible richness to become mostly "to
>judge".
I could take the word "deman" and change it to be "demean", and that is
what I fear. That is why I "lurk". I would love to dialogue, but am
afraid someone else will see my stupidity. You have proven time and again
you do not judge, but is this true for everyone? You are a teacher, I am
a student, a learner. I look for your name in the list of notes I receive
from this server, to read you first. Is that wrong? Am I being too hard
on myself? Am I correct? Ultimately, I must answer those questions for
myself. To my satisfaction. Thank you for listening.
"For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will
arise from another place, but you will perish. And who knows but that you
have come to this position for such a time as this?"
Esther 4:14 (my version)
David
--"Guinn, David I" <dig@eastman.com>
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