Wednesday, July 26, 2006

NaduraH

A friend of mine was saying languages seem to bring out certain characteristics. He said in his discussions with his friends, they seemed to come up with these traits associated with the language -

Tagalog - respect (because of "po")
French - romance
Italian - expressive
Greek - precision
Latin - mystery

Beyond languages, one can find out so many things. For example, they have so many characteristics and one of that was how they carried concepts in them like "respect" and the amount of it or the concern for it.

I asked in my Language Forum why in German "Sie" [you] is always capitalized even in the middle of the sentence and I was told about a spelling reform for this language. Apparently, all their pronouns are capitalized wherever you find them in the sentence.

There are languages that capitalize all pronouns and I was saying that there would be no difference then when "He" is capitalized in the middle of a sentence when it refers to God.

In other words, some languages take care to make a difference, like the Maltese.
For example, I adore God = naduraH.

Take note that it is even the last letter!

Remarkable how they go to that length to express respect for the creator!

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