Hiya Hieroglyphics - Page 4

man this just keeps getting deeper

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Originally Posted by 2Naive_MayB

Found this interesing!
orginally on:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/s...page=134&pp=30
Originally Posted by some other guy!
I knew 2 years of studying Middle Egyptian hieroglyphs would be useful for something (even if it is just for a TV show).
The word is read left to right, and it's an ancient Egyptian word:
swd 3
(the "3" is pronounced "a")
It means "die," and it's a causative, which means that it's basically a command to die.

What do you all think????

I don't get why people are saying that because it was a "causative" "die" then it was a "command" to die. "Causative" means exactly what it sounds like it means, which is to say that the subject causes something to happen. From www.m-w.com:

1 : effective or operating as a cause or agent <causative bacteria of cholera>
2 : expressing causation; specifically : being a linguistic form that indicates that the subject causes an act to be performed or a condition to come into being
- causative noun

In other words, the counter reaching zero causes something/someone/everyone to die. Not that the counter is commanding people to die, but that it is the cause that will lead to death.

That's how I read it.

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Originally Posted by MSC

I don't get why people are saying that because it was a "causative" "die" then it was a "command" to die. "Causative" means exactly what it sounds like it means, which is to say that the subject causes something to happen. From www.m-w.com:

1 : effective or operating as a cause or agent <causative bacteria of cholera>
2 : expressing causation; specifically : being a linguistic form that indicates that the subject causes an act to be performed or a condition to come into being
- causative noun

In other words, the counter reaching zero causes something/someone/everyone to die. Not that the counter is commanding people to die, but that it is the cause that will lead to death.

That's how I read it.

THAT MAKES MORE SENSE

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Originally Posted by UNHATCHED

Toad-man...you need to see this!!!!!

http://www.ufoarea.com/aas_egyptians_australia.html

Yes I have heard that story multiple times before. And it is extremely intriguing, if anyone else has not read it, please do!

I am a big fan of the "Coast to Coast AM with George Noory" show. Things that go bump in the night interest me very much.