Re: Jesus multiplying bread and fish

Peter T. Daniels skreiv:

On Oct 31, 6:26 pm, Trond Engen <trond...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The idea was that the statues were moved in the same way as the one everyone invents when trying to move heavy flatstones: You rise it, rock it and rotate it (-- oh, how I wanted a one-syllable word there).

turn

A one-syllable word beginning with an <r>, I meant. As it is, I gave up rhythm for alliteration.

but it's raise (transitive), not rise (intransitive) -- cf. lay and lie

Thanks, I think I used to know that, but my son's been reading the English gloss <rise> into my right ear for a week.

--
Trond Engen
- keeps seeing a 'with' in the subject line
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