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Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 14:50:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: John Traupman <traupman@mailhost.sju.edu>
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Subject: Re: Deus mei Erus (was: RE: Redneck Latin)
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Al Kriman:

Yours was a very astute observation.

John Traupman


On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, Alfred M Kriman wrote:

> Rainer Thiel writes, i.a.,
> > ...  But it is certainly a most uncommon, and from the perspective
> > of even late antique Latin un-idiomatic way to re-phrase the common
> > Biblical "Deus dominus meus."
> ,
>
> which neatly raises the question: why do it?  Is it too far-fetched
> to suppose that the defective expression "Deus mei Erus" was chosen
> because its American pronunciation suggests ~Jesus may hear us~?
>
> AMK
>

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