Re: [OT: Elfquest]

From: Stephan Seitz (nur-ab-sal_at_gmx.de)
Date: 08/13/03

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    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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