Comments on: Love takes a long thyme http://www.gentlewisdom.org.uk/?p=463 from Peter Kirk Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:02:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Peter Kirk http://www.gentlewisdom.org.uk/?p=463#comment-3072 Peter Kirk Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:35:39 +0000 http://www.qaya.org/blog/?p=463#comment-3072 Rick, you may be right, but I wouldn't know how to put this in a translation either. Doug, I love it! May I take a long time to get up your nose! Rick, you may be right, but I wouldn’t know how to put this in a translation either.

Doug, I love it! May I take a long time to get up your nose!

]]> By: Doug Chaplin http://www.gentlewisdom.org.uk/?p=463#comment-3067 Doug Chaplin Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:32:08 +0000 http://www.qaya.org/blog/?p=463#comment-3067 With tongue somewhat in cheek, I paraphrase. "Love means people take a long time to get up your nose." :-) With tongue somewhat in cheek, I paraphrase. “Love means people take a long time to get up your nose.” :-)

]]> By: Rick Ritchie http://www.gentlewisdom.org.uk/?p=463#comment-3066 Rick Ritchie Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:02:38 +0000 http://www.qaya.org/blog/?p=463#comment-3066 The less literal renderings are good. But I do wonder if all the conceptual connections between the languages are really dead. Somewhere between the concepts of "nostril" and "anger" may be something related to breathing. (Maybe I found this out listening to a radio host's reaction to a frustrating caller. A blast of anger left the nostrils and hit the microphone.) Whether or not it was the direct intention, I wonder if slow, steady breathing is an image that captures what love is. Not that I can imagine how to say that in a verse without still requiring some explanation. The less literal renderings are good. But I do wonder if all the conceptual connections between the languages are really dead. Somewhere between the concepts of “nostril” and “anger” may be something related to breathing. (Maybe I found this out listening to a radio host’s reaction to a frustrating caller. A blast of anger left the nostrils and hit the microphone.) Whether or not it was the direct intention, I wonder if slow, steady breathing is an image that captures what love is. Not that I can imagine how to say that in a verse without still requiring some explanation.

]]> By: Pseudo-Polymath » Blog Archive » Friday Highlights http://www.gentlewisdom.org.uk/?p=463#comment-3064 Pseudo-Polymath » Blog Archive » Friday Highlights Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:55:50 +0000 http://www.qaya.org/blog/?p=463#comment-3064 [...] Love and a really big nose. [...] [...] Love and a really big nose. [...]

]]> By: Peter Kirk http://www.gentlewisdom.org.uk/?p=463#comment-3062 Peter Kirk Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:32:52 +0000 http://www.qaya.org/blog/?p=463#comment-3062 <a href="http://englishbibles.blogspot.com/2008/04/ride-out-storms.html#c9127675332438697850" rel="nofollow">As Wayne correctly points out</a>, "slow to anger" is not quite contemporary, natural English. So a better rendering, based on his suggestion, would be <blockquote>Love is slow to get angry</blockquote> As Wayne correctly points out, “slow to anger” is not quite contemporary, natural English. So a better rendering, based on his suggestion, would be

Love is slow to get angry

]]> By: lingalinga http://www.gentlewisdom.org.uk/?p=463#comment-3061 lingalinga Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:05:26 +0000 http://www.qaya.org/blog/?p=463#comment-3061 Great, Qaya. I cyber-psalmed this morning on this and your comments added to my meditations. Great, Qaya. I cyber-psalmed this morning on this and your comments added to my meditations.

]]> By: Mike http://www.gentlewisdom.org.uk/?p=463#comment-3060 Mike Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:31:01 +0000 http://www.qaya.org/blog/?p=463#comment-3060 Indeed. This has been an enjoyable discussion! I like Suzanne's translation - especially since it retains the like to Exodus. Indeed. This has been an enjoyable discussion! I like Suzanne’s translation – especially since it retains the like to Exodus.

]]> By: Scripture Zealot http://www.gentlewisdom.org.uk/?p=463#comment-3059 Scripture Zealot Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:22:48 +0000 http://www.qaya.org/blog/?p=463#comment-3059 A true "word-for-word" translation would be interesting to read. I'd love to see more examples. Does the NT have as many idiomisms as the OT? Jeff, making up words A true “word-for-word” translation would be interesting to read. I’d love to see more examples. Does the NT have as many idiomisms as the OT?
Jeff, making up words

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