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From: Daniel Kian Mc Kiernan <dmckiern@weber.ucsd.edu>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 18:31:39 -0700
Subject: Re: Is There A Linguist In The House ?
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On Tue, 15 Aug 1995, R.L.Crane wrote:
> I was watching a documentary about shopping malls last night - no
> really, I do have a life - and the word 'Utopia' was defined
> literally as meaning 'No Place'.......
Well, that oversimplifies things. The word "utopia" is derived both
from "eutopia" (=good place=) and "outopia" (=no place=), both words
being Greek.
> Would 'Fruitopia' therefore mean 'No Fruit' ?
The "topia" in "eutopia" and "outopia" means =place=.
If we extract the "topia" from "Fruitopia", then we are left with
"Frui", which is a =Latin= infinitive form of a verb meaning
"enjoy".
If, on the other hand, we extract the "Fruit" from "Fruitopia" (a
rather paradoxical act), then we are left with "opia", a Greek word
meaning =vision=.
It is fitting that these 'orribly formulated drinks should have such
an 'orribly formulated name.
It's always Dark. Light only hides the Darkness.
Daniel Kian Mc Kiernan (619) 535 - 0546
athanatos@UCSD.edu 132.239.147.2 <75013,676>