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Re: The etymology of the German Hell...

Subject: Re: The etymology of the German Hell...
From: "Paul J Kriha"
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:29:13 +1200
Newsgroups: sci.lang
Peter T. Daniels <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> Alan wrote:
> > "Heidi Graw"   wrote
> > >>"izzy"   wrote Consider the (probably borrowed into) Hebrew noun
> > >>heh-lamed-heh
> > >
> > > As in heh-lamed-heh...hehlame-heh...hehlame...hehla...hella..Hella!
> > > Hmmm...an interesting thought, Izzy!  ;-)
> >
> > (and I bet izzy thought he was avoiding confusion by spelling it out)
>
> Just let the three of them talk among themselves ...

Is there a technical term for communication (language
or semionic kind) where no usefull information is received
(made use of) by the recipient? :-)
pjk



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