Kick the bucket
Posted by Marcus on December 22, 2000
In Reply to: Kick the bucket posted by Israel Cohen on December 21, 2000
: meaning "to die" is probably from a Semitic cognate of
: the Hebrew phrase 3agav b'3a:yden which means "make (physical) love in
: paradise (Eden)", a euphemism with a particularly Middle Eastern flavor.
: The correspondence of the consonants is shown below:
: K kg velar aiyin
: K g velar gimel
: B vb fricative+stop vet + bet (merged)
: K kg velar aiyin
: T td dental dalet
: (dropped) alveolar nun
: compare:
: cuckold ckwld
: Note representation of dental d/t by ancient shin [Latin dens] = tooth.
: Well now, consider it being used in conjuction with trap doors on a gallows or knocking the chair out from under a hanging victim, to be more precise, or perhaps the practice of inducing a mild form of strangulation during sex that has been known to be fatal.
- Kick the bucket ESC 12/23/00