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Avestan ušas-tara is from the same root as "Easter".


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Some people care. This is a forum about language after all.


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The Hebrew name Esther is a variant of the common Semitic theonym Ishtar, Astarte.


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Hebrew Esther brings to mind the Avestan luminary deity Atar.

Noah and its parallels to Sumerian, and Avestan was mentioned. Were the ancient Greeks familiar with the story of Gilgamesh?

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Some people care. This is a forum about language after all.
I suspect that Jerry was punning.
 
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I suspect that Jerry was punning.


In that case, sorry Jerry. I didn't get it.


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Am I missing something? So far as I can see Jerry hasn't posted to this thread since 09 May 2007.


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Relax, Richard. I did post something and then deleted it.

By suggesting that indifference and who cares? might have descended from the same root words, I felt that I was expressing my feeling about the whole topic. My apologies go to anyone whom I have offended.

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I have to say that I find that this particular thread is too scholarly for me so I have contributed little. That's not to say that I am indifferent, simply that I am happier to leave it to those others who are better able to deal with its concepts.


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I have to say that I find that this particular thread is too scholarly for me so I have contributed little. That's not to say that I am indifferent, simply that I am happier to leave it to those others who are better able to deal with its concepts.


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Agreed. I very much enjoy reading threads like this, but sometimes I just don't have anything worthwhile to contribute. There's nothing wrong with that.
 
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This is a terrific thread. I was inspired to go back & read the whole thing, as I only "came in" in early 2007. Thanks zmj & mojo for keeping such an esoteric conversation moving along.

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