k

Cool. That brings up a number thing: 2 lights versus halves/half
light(s). 2 halves make one or one whole, or vice versa, cut or half 1

to get 2. One whole day is made up of sun and moon (at some point
during day or night in some phase or other).

Similarly another word revealing opposites is "cleave" which at
different times means to separate or cut (as with an ax) or to join so
closely as to defy separation tactics (as when two lives are one -- and

forsaking all others etc -- "you and me against the world"). More
precisely the meaning of cleave is to come in close contact with, which

can mean both cut/separate (again the ax) and join. Definition by
rhymezone.com.

Kathe.... who got a little attached to the idea of Venus and Mercury
being twilights-- but now enjoying the sound of the numbers that
happened while reading the twilight definition.





SandraDodd@... wrote:
> In a message dated 11/19/05 12:48:24 PM, katherand2003@...
writes:
>
>
>
>><<twilight (two lights)>>
>>
>>Wonder if those were Venus and Mercury. I guess I'll look it up.
>>
>
>
> Sun and moon, or day and night.
> Twa-/twi- can also mean cut, too, though, so maybe halflight. The
half and
> half of day and night, though. Between day and night.
>
> Sandra



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Could twilight also come from twixt (meaning between) light and dark?

BWs Elaine

k

elainegh8 wrote:
>> Could twilight also come from twixt (meaning between) light and
dark?
>>
>> BWs Elaine



If you read Sandra's previous post, yes. That's a good possibility.

A bit more OT: Are others like me? I'm so far behind in email, I know
I
ask questions without looking up the answer and probably somebody just
said what I'm asking. I did that in my last post. *sigh* I used to
webpost but now I use a desktop email program. There are pros and cons

both ways. I get impatient with how the threads aren't really
sequential and I also find the same thread in different batches instead

of sorted together. (Happens on the web *and* on my desktop so I
assume
it's a Yahoodle thing.) I'm not very good with sequence in real life
so
this confuses heck out of me. If I'm really curious I just ask rather
than spend time looking around for answers. Of course this doesn't
meant that I never read the archives see what people have said in the
past on a topic, but I don't often stop in the middle of reading to
search the archives.

No need for replies really. Just a mini :rant:. Excuse please as I
read on.

Kathe






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k wrote:
>
>> Kathe.... who got a little attached to the idea of Venus and
Mercury
>> being twilights-- but now enjoying the sound of the numbers that
>> happened while reading the twilight definition.



Replying to myself... clarification-- I don't mean to confuse others by

repeating that twilight has anything to do with Venus and Mercury. It
probably has nothing to do with it, and was only a wrong idea I had.

Kathe



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