Re: [OT: Elfquest]
Hi!
On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 01:56:55PM +0200, David Fokkema wrote:
On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 11:25:00AM +0200, Stephan Seitz wrote:
Shade and sweet water!
My, this is the longest OT thread I've ever seen about this lovely
sentence. ;-)
herself has said 'shade and sweet water'. Why? Is there some sort of
english subtlety I miss here? Why is water sweet?
In German, the contrary to Salzwasser (salt water) is Süßwasser
(literally sweet water, fresh water in English).
Since elfes prefer woodland instead of desert, I can imagine that the
Sunfolk, driven away by humans, would call the water in the oasis
after a long march through the desert "sweet water".
It seems American pioneers did this too, because there is a town
called Sweet Water:
From gazetteer [gazetteer]:
Sweet Water, AL (town, FIPS 74304)
Location: 32.10169 N, 87.86733 W
Population (1990): 243 (102 housing units)
Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 36782
Shade and sweet water!
Stephan
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