Guest guest Posted July 15, 1999 Report Share Posted July 15, 1999 On 14 Jul 1999, Vijay Pai wrote: > > Again from OED, this time for "origin" : "In reference to a person: > The fact of springing from some particular ancestor or race; descent, > extraction, parentage, ancestry." Thus, "original home of his > ancestors" would be superfluous. > > This stuff is starting to get a bit overly semantical, I admit. In such circumstances, it kind of gets to be like trying to explain the meaning of the word 'is'. Non-the-less, I never thought of myself as being Russian or German in the ordinary sense, though my ancestores came from those places. Further, before that, who knows for sure where they came from. ys, Sthita- 'I'm an American' dhi-muni dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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