jackieguaccamo
Flat Earther
I never realised the actual meaning of the word holocaust. Strange word to use.
No, thats not right.Destruction or Slaughter on a mass scale. Sounds about right?
Well I missed out the by fire or Nuclear war bit ( Oxford English )No, thats not right.
No, thats not right.
Isn’t that the same as I said ?A burnt sacrifice offered whole to God.
Not according to the Oxford, the Cambridge and a couple of others:A burnt sacrifice offered whole to God.
No.Isn’t that the same as I said ?
Sorry my spelling error- peace.May the victims of the holocaust rest in piece.
Man's inhumanity to man and all that.
The word “God” doesn’t come into it, Hola = whole, caust = burn.
it definitely says God in the definitions I’ve read.The word “God” doesn’t come into it, Hola = whole, caust = burn.
I didn’t say they did.Did Hitler or the Nazi's use the word though?
Also why is the original meaning of holocaust such a big deal now when, like I said - this exact meaning was discussed on here 12 months ago?
its very interesting to find the grins of words as our TV's, Wiki, dictionaries etc, twist our understanding of words but keep the real meaning to use theirselves.I didn’t say they did.
Not a big deal, I was just interested in the original meaning.
Gosh, silly me for repeating something we discussed 12 months ago. Wheres the original thread?
I didn’t say they did.
Not a big deal, I was just interested in the original meaning.
Gosh, silly me for repeating something we discussed 12 months ago. Wheres the original thread?
"my dictionary" ffs. - thats being told what to believe.My Dictionary says it refers to 'the burning if a whole animal as a sacrifice'
as well as the normal understanding about mass slaughter...
they are often changed, even though words change organically, more often its deliberate to change people perception.Living languages aren't frozen in time - they evolve constantly. The original meaning of holocaust is to burn something at an altar, but it now commonly understood to refer to the murder of a large number of people. The second, more modern use of the word probably has its origins before the Second World War, but it became synonymous with the Nazi slaughter of Jewish people because of the Nazis' habit of burning bodies in open fires or crematoria.
It's just one example of how a word that originally meant something very specific has evolved to be used in a broader sense. Sometimes words completely change their meaning; other times, as in this case, they just expand a little.