Re: Layers of Communication / Implicature


Yusuf B Gursey wrote:
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> > Alan wrote:
> > >
> > > "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > news:432643E9.3467@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim wrote:
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I thought you have already taken leave. Never mind, thanks Herr Joachim
> > > >> > for your very friendly rat-Schlaege. I already got my lot of them from
> > > >> > big and small rats. There are a few around.
> > > >>
> > > >> This person may have set a new record for indiscriminately alienating an
> > > >> entire newsgroup!
> > > >
> > > > (I meant to say a new _speed_ record.)
> > > >
> > > > (And in case it wasn't _absolutely_ clear, by "that person" I meant the
> > > > one with the Arabic name.)
> > > > --
> > > > Peter T. Daniels grammatim@xxxxxxx
> > >
> > > well, one of his names is Arabic; Jamshid, however, is of Persian origin and
> > > is also a popular name in India
>
> and other places in the persian influenced sphere.
>
> >
> > Assuming <j> is pronounced [j], it's perfectly good Arabic as well, a
> > |yaqtil| form.
>
> it's *dj*am*sh*i:d , from the Shahnama < Avesta.
>
> *dj*am is from yam(a) , Vedic yama . IIRC the legendary first king of
> Iran (IIRC the first man in the Vedas) .
>
> the other part is from Old Iranian x*sh*i:d (with variants) IIRC "king"
> cognate with *sh*a:h , but this is not generally known.
>
>
> > --
> > Peter T. Daniels grammatim@xxxxxxx

When barking dogs are driven to despair their focus changes to my name
and nationality.

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