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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @zapsammy 30 Nov \ parent \ on: The Sinister Plot of Diverting Attention conspiracy
very cool, especially the idea of arya/anarya!
the origin of the word "black" is complex:
one interpretation is absence of light, but the other goes as follows:
[The same root produced Middle English blake "pale," from Old English blac "bright, shining, glittering, pale;" the connecting notions being, perhaps, "fire" (bright) and "burned" (dark), or perhaps "absence of color." According to OED, in Middle English "it is often doubtful whether blac, blak, blake, means 'black, dark,' or 'pale, colourless, wan, livid' "; and the surname Blake can mean either "one of pale complexion" or "one of dark complexion."]
https://www.etymonline.com/word/black
sounds like "black" is something that becomes so after it is set ablaze.
this makes me think of supernovas, or the legendary music artists that were shining so bright that they burned out quickly, or Icarus who flew too close to the sun 🌞😎.
Definitely. Our language is full of magical knowledge.
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