Monday, November 24, 2008
"Six Words to Describe my Life"
Today they brought a new version of this to the radio program, expanded to SIX words. I could not call in, but I did a websearch and found the origin of the book made from these six word memoirs, SMITH Magazine, who asked readers to contribute them. It is from these that the book _Not Quite What I was Planning: Six Word Memoirs from Writers Famous and Obscure_ was created. Perhaps they will have a second volume in which my short memoir will appear!
"Magic is everywhere", in Egyptian hieroglyphs, (via Bob Brier's _Ancient Egyptian Magic_)
I had a bit more trouble with finding words for the last phrase, 'so grateful'. Looking in Budge's two volume dictionary in the English words index, I don't find 'grateful', 'gratitude', nor even 'appreciation'. There is, however, "to offer thanksgiving"(with a emphasis towards thanking the gods) and "to give thanks". Remembering one element of those phrases as being pronounced dua, not tua, as I've seen in Wilkinson's book adds to the complexity. Hmmm. Perhaps 's-dua' is is the closest to what I mean. |
"To know, to understand" "magic" "everywhere" Amam heka bu neb
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That might be a bit more than 'six words'! (I've placed that all into one image, as well.)
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