tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post5319343177788224639..comments2024-01-21T02:58:08.208-05:00Comments on On the Main Line: Increase Mather on Gynecandrical DancingMississippi Fred MacDowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-29080844408855602002013-08-06T13:51:56.979-04:002013-08-06T13:51:56.979-04:00Sounds a little more likely than the urban legend ...Sounds a little more likely than the urban legend about sticking a finger into a Bible at random and naming the kid whatever word turns up. Although I have in my own family tree the names Bava and Tana (Buva and Tuna in the Hungarian pronunciation) and the story I'm told from both ends is that the father went to a tzaddik to ask what to name the kid, but the tzaddik was in middle of learning, and when he called out a word aloud, they used that word.Chavi Becknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-57434681608044198732013-01-09T09:43:35.866-05:002013-01-09T09:43:35.866-05:00Interesting. I can see, looking quickly, that it i...Interesting. I can see, looking quickly, that it is definitely a belief that is out there. Would like to confirm it.<br /><br />Quick peak at Wiki shows that Increase had a brother named Joseph, so that's a little odd. Also, he had a brother named Eleazar (not to mention Samuel and Nathaniel) so I would guess that his parents knew how to give Hebrew names. As for Cotton, according to Wiki he was named for his grandfather, John Cotton.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-44439772578951791642013-01-09T09:37:20.165-05:002013-01-09T09:37:20.165-05:00"Increase" Mather is actually an Anglici..."Increase" Mather is actually an Anglicized form of Yosef. (Yosef = increase.) And "Cotton" Mather was the Anglicized form of "junior". (Kotton = junior)<br /><br /><br />(Read this years ago in a pretty learned work, can't remember. First sounds more plausible than the second, but who knows with these wacky christian hebraists.)DFhttp://www.yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-25783780738900635762013-01-09T05:41:46.177-05:002013-01-09T05:41:46.177-05:00The ACTS of PAUL and THECLA.The ACTS of PAUL and THECLA.Avraham https://www.blogger.com/profile/07822433921393627746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-11529349413548244152013-01-08T22:13:35.881-05:002013-01-08T22:13:35.881-05:00"Book of Thecla"???"Book of Thecla"???Mar Gavrielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-54613055276100971602013-01-08T10:23:41.227-05:002013-01-08T10:23:41.227-05:00Christians are in general not aware of the actual ...Christians are in general not aware of the actual meaning of the 7th commandment. i think this is because of a lack of Hebrew. They seem to confuse the word related to adultery to the word referring to znut. If they would go through the Torah once a year like Jews do they probably would not make this mistake.[They would notice the usage of the word adultery in Leviticus and notice that it refers only to a married woman.] The reason this never a\occurs to them is that Paul considered any sex outside of marriage to be adultery. According to the book of Thecla, he considered sex in Marriage to be adultery. He probably should not be considered an expert in Old Testament Law. Avraham https://www.blogger.com/profile/07822433921393627746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-56698611028240590462013-01-08T02:03:13.056-05:002013-01-08T02:03:13.056-05:00According to the OED "gynecandrical" sho...According to the OED "gynecandrical" should be spelt "gynæcandrical" and it means "pertaining to both men and women". In this context it means a dance involving both men and women. "Saltation" means "leaping, bounding, or jumping", and hence can refer to a dance; jigs and galliards (note: two l's) are old-fashioned dances of a particularly rapid and lively nature.Joe in Australianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-32885921687718102212013-01-08T01:46:11.105-05:002013-01-08T01:46:11.105-05:00It's a little known fact that "Gangnam St...It's a little known fact that "Gangnam Style" is a Korean corruption of "Gynecandrical Saltation."Dan Kleinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-80392048117688012492013-01-07T21:59:30.471-05:002013-01-07T21:59:30.471-05:00Its already number one in a search for "Jigs ...Its already number one in a search for "Jigs and Galiards". Mind explaining what in the world it is?Ephrayimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679847873531002770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-20022563584580200692013-01-07T20:24:24.798-05:002013-01-07T20:24:24.798-05:00We are making lexical history in real time.We are making lexical history in real time.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-80326196847422632272013-01-07T20:23:21.463-05:002013-01-07T20:23:21.463-05:00now its #2!now its #2!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-69347079808868285392013-01-07T19:49:38.725-05:002013-01-07T19:49:38.725-05:00Let's make it #1! Traffic, comment, etc. LOLLet's make it #1! Traffic, comment, etc. LOLS.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-71087826747988792162013-01-07T19:48:11.101-05:002013-01-07T19:48:11.101-05:00This post is #4 in a Google search for "gynec...This post is #4 in a Google search for "gynecandrical." LOL!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com