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interesting mention of "namaste" - in many cultures the origin of words no longer play a part in their meaning anymore, but i don't know if this applies to nama
by princeb 10y ago
interesting mention of "namaste" - in many cultures the origin of words no longer play a part in their meaning anymore, but i don't know if this applies to namaste
'goodbye' has no religious interpretation. neither does 'jesus christ' as an exclamation - as far as i know both believers and nonbelievers use the term.
even something as recent as 'hi how are you' - you may be given this greeting in london, and the appropriate reponse is not an answer but also 'hi how are you'.
- matt-attack 10y agoThanks, had no idea "goodbye" came from "God be with you" [1]. 1: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/goodbye https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/goodbye
- tn13 10y ago> in many cultures the origin of words no longer play a part in their meaning anymore Even though that might be true the original meaning tells a lot about the culture. Ignoring that leads to cultural appropriation (I hate that phrase). For example "God damn" is a modern slang which is probably not even considered a slang but few centuries ago it was an extremely serious slang with serious repercussions. I don't think that phrase and its meaning can be translated in polytheistic dominated languages like Sanskrit. A cool example is that when as a Hindu I find it completely normal to worship Goddess of death I often find even non religious Christians finding it disgusting.
- ScottBurson 10y agoMother Kali is very cool :-) I think my favorite, though, is Akhilandeshvari. Just thinking about her brings tears to my eyes. (I know only what little I've read about them. I'm not a practicing Hindu. Maybe I was in a past life :-)