tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157134005117046528.post949077241151772508..comments2023-10-18T00:47:11.221-07:00Comments on Bell Curve: "Armstrong" (Symbolically-Ostensively Defined)Liberty Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12583326798091256934noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157134005117046528.post-33173061533233836612012-08-27T17:13:35.081-07:002012-08-27T17:13:35.081-07:00Thank you very much! I appreciate (tremendously) t...Thank you very much! I appreciate (tremendously) the encouraging words. Of course, whatever success I have is owed both to the example that has been set for me my my teachers and, indeed, to the foundation (in place before I came along) on which I am able to securely stand. There are many names (or teachers and laborers) that could be mentioned (e.g., Downard, Hoffman, Grimstad, et. al.) and I hesitate even to sketch that incomplete list for fear of offending anyone through oversight. But, surely, your work important work (both in print and online) would need to be included!<br /><br />The link to the name "Nicholas" is indeed very intriguing. For one thing, beyond the etymology which you mention, the name is something of a byword for man-to-myth transformation (a la St. Nicholas). And, indeed, "Bell" (and equivalent phonemes like "Bel," "Belle," etc.) is peculiar as well. There are connections to "beauty," "power," and "war." It names a distribution curve as well as an instrument for generating harmonies. And, lastly, it has special significance to me :PLiberty Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583326798091256934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157134005117046528.post-70484746241408526702012-08-26T05:48:38.489-07:002012-08-26T05:48:38.489-07:00Your piece is excellent, insightful, and an extens...Your piece is excellent, insightful, and an extension of many concepts, of course, with which I am quite comfortable. Well-done.<br /><br />I note that you mention that that one of Jules Verne's crew in the <i>Columbia</i>, as told in his <i>From the Earth to the Moon</i>, was named <i>Nicholl</i>. <br /><br />William Grimstad, privately, and I, on my twilight language blog, have written for years and then recently of how <i>Nicholas</i> is one of the power names. <i>Nicholas</i> is English and Dutch, from the Greek <i>Nikolaos</i>, from <i>nikān</i> "to conquer" + <i>laos</i> "people".<br /><br />Of course, <i>Bell</i> is too. Wink. Wink.Loren Colemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10705306131201565523noreply@blogger.com