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Re: For anyone who speaks Hebrew... (warning-contains swear words)
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I'm puzzled as to why anyone would give a child a name with that kind of meaning ... especially if it goes back to biblical times, when names seem to have been specially selected for their meaning, whether by actual parents or the authors of stories. In fact, it doesn't seem to have much meaning at all. Where is what shit? Why would anyone not know? (Sudden vision of first-time parents changing nappies ...) Very strange!
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Since Julia is a form of Judah one needs remember that the Hebrew peoples or what most folks today think of as the Jewish people, were a greatly despised peoples by their neighbors and at first we were called "Jedudim" or "Jews" as a curl by the other nations who were not part of our peoples and Covenant with God. Jew was not meant to flatter us at all, infact Hitler (he is damned of The Lord) revived the word "Jew" as a curl against us again in his demonic endevour to wipe us off the face of the Earth and so eradicate God and prove Him a liar. I can see where Julia could be construded to mean "where's the shit?". Shit is an acronym by the way of "Ship High In Transit" goes back to days when manure was imported and exported. Shit is not actually a word of swearing or oath but it is one most polite society tries to steer away from.
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Was anybody talking about Julia (apart from a fact that someone who calls himself Julia posted the question in the first place)? As far as I know Julia has nothing to do with Judah at all.
Also the Jews call themselves Jehudim, not Jedudim.
I don't think JULIA has "shit" in it. Click on JULIA for more info.
Where did you get the "Ship High In Transit" bit from?
All this sounds a bit weird to me …
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Ship high in transit, for unlawful carnal knowledge and an-uncommon-word-in-general-parlance under the knowledge of the king are probably the most common utterly improbable and false folk etymologies I see popping up in the most unexpected places. scitan is old english, used long before manure was transported by ships across oceans. The indo european root is probably skei- (to split): no wonder us scientists b******t so much.
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