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Yes, but the Cambridge scholar was about 1,000 years late in "discovering" it. <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s -->

Bar-Hebraeus (11th century) treated this topic in his letter on Aramaic Orthography: (see page 51)

http://books.google.com/books?id=S9YOAAA...re&f=false

The reason why it's not always found on every question, is because it's meant for a "chiding" type of question (also explained by Bar-Hebraeus) which explains why the Cambridge scholar seems to think it was associated with a modal change to the tone of the voice (chiding).

+Shamasha

Ah...that makes sense. Thanks for the understanding.

Blessings,
Chuck

Don't you hate those moments when you think you've discovered something great and then you figure out someone did it before you?

ScorpioSniper2 Wrote:Don't you hate those moments when you think you've discovered something great and then you figure out someone did it before you?

Happens every day in married life, my friend. The Cambridge scholar had a discount daaa-ble choke. (That will only make sense to football fans)

+Shamasha

That definitely reminds me of my parents LOL!