In linguistics, functional shift occurs when an existing word takes on a new syntactic function. For example, the word like, formerly only used as a preposition in comparisons (as in "eats like a pig"), is now also used in the same way as the subordinating conjunction as in many dialects of English (as in "sounds like he means it"). The boundary between functional shift and conversion (the derivation of a new word from an existing word of identical form) is not well-defined, but it could be construed that conversion changes the lexical meaning and functional shift changes the syntactic meaning. Shakespeare uses functional shift, for example using a noun to serve as a verb. Researchers found that this technique allows the brain to understand what a word means before it understands the function of the word within a sentence.
כל מה שפעם היה ונשכח היום הוא לא חוזר
All that once was, and was forgotten,will not come back today.
It's strange that words are so inadequate. (T. S. Eliot)
'The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization...' (S.Freud) Why does Freud always address pertinent issues and manage to just miss the mark?
A whole book could be written about Magritude Feather. Unfortunately not this one. This fascinating woman was recently excised from my novel and is urgently scurrying around trying to find a home elsewhere. Please don't forget her.
There were golden days when Rama, Sita and Lakshmana having traveled along the banks of river Godavari, settled in a garden clearing where they built houses and lived off the land. But far away, beyond the stone mountains, Rakshasa, the demon king, was stirring.
As an indicator of financial resilience, our beloved transvestite taxidermist, Gruffydd Beddows, who recently sold his business and retired, likes to point to the income from his sideline as a repairer and renovator of percussion instruments. However even he is stumped by the unusual damage to the Welsh tabwrdd that is standing forlornly on the workbench in his garage.
(It is fascinating that beyond their specific role in novels, some characters continue live out their day-to-day life in events that have no link to the plot into which they were conceived.)
Kitniyot (small things) are foodstuffs similar to those banned at Pesach (Passsover). Ashkenazim refrain from eating things like rice and beans for this reason. In the 1930s Maxwell House hired a rabbi to research coffee, resulting in a determination that the coffee bean is more like a berry than a bean, thus making it kosher for Passover. However, we do not know whether this applies to Nescafe instant coffee (that to the colour-blind looks like flour).
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. (T.S.Eliot apparently)
The Five Worlds are the comprehensive categories of spiritual realms in the descending chain of Existence. They are: 1/ Adam Kadmon (אָדָם קַדְמוֹן) Primordial Man, 2/ Atzilut (אֲצִילוּת), Emanation, 3/Beri'ah (בְּרִיָּה) Creation, 4/Yetzirah (יְצִירָה)Formation, and 5/Assiah (עֲשִׂיָּה), Action. The original builder of the Royal Pavillion (with two L's) could not have know how his creation would evolve either.
In case it is not clear, there seem to be two Metatrons, one spelled with six letters (מטטרון), and one spelled with seven (מיטטרון). Neither should be confused with Megatron (and definitely not with Enoch Powell). It is mentioned here because it is related that Elisha ben Abuyah (the Akher) bumped into the Metatron when he entered the orchard. In mentioning the Orchard or Pardes(פרדס ) it is clear that the meaning is Paradise (same etymology) and that (for Davnob geeks) suggests a familial link. But let's not be over-judgemental.
In the Book of Chronicles (דִּבְרֵי־הַיָּמִים) we learn that the Shuppites and Huppites were the descendants of Ir, and the Hushites the descendants of Akher. This Akher was someone else Akher completely (not the later vilified and misunderstood Rabbi). There are some politicians who try to identify Akher in other texts with the figure of Akhiram from the tribe of Benjamin (in Numbers 26:38).
