Primrose Road

1615:

"Nay, before the Conquest by Bastard William that the French came in, our English tongue was most perfect, able to expresse any Hebruisme, which is the tryall of perfection in Languages."

-- J.G., A Refutation of the Apology for Actors.


2008:

"Here's an example of two-letter roots taking on a stronger prefix letter to offer three similar words that go up the piano scale of intensity. BL, Bet-Lamed means intertwined, balled up like the words of the world being BaLaL (confused) since Babel. Loosely folding over two strands makes a braid or pleat called a GaBHeL. Five letters up is Het, and a HeBHeL is a string. The intertwining got tighter and stronger. Going up from letter #8 to #20 is KHaf. The strands are so strongly intertwined that KHaBHeL means CABLE. Yes, CABLE does come from KheBHeL."

-- Edenics, or intelligent design in language.

If you read the full Edenics article, note how similar the author's "methods" are to those of the father in My Big Fat Greek Wedding, who explains to his children how the word 'kimono' derives from Greek.