RE: hanibalism...

[Peter_Donahoe@notes.rbs.org]

From: Peter Donahoe@RBS on 06/04/97 12:10 PM

Checked in the BIG dictionary...  No listings for hannibalism, but believe it or
not I found a listing for hannibalic, "of or relating to the Carthaginian
general Hannibal".  No idea what would have necessitated the coining of such an
odd English adjective...  Recall from my childhood though that there was some
character Hannibal the Cannibal




Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 11:00:15 +0100 (MEZ)
From: duc@informatik.uni-leipzig.de
To: Multiple recipients of list <vnsa-l@csd.uwm.edu>
Subject: hanibalism (was: Re: Lo^^~ Ta^^'n tieng Anh = ?)
Message-ID:
<Pine.GSO.3.96.970604105013.18815B-100000@isun02.informatik.uni-leipzig.de>

>    Nay thi` to^^i xin nha('c la.i ca^^u cu?A Lo^^~ Ta^^'n: Ne^^`n va(n minh
> cu?A TA`u la` mo^^.t ne^^`n va(n minh a(n thi.t ngu+o+`i. Tuy co' nhie^^`u
> ca'i hay, nhu+ng ddu+`ng que^^n ca'i hanibalism na`y.

You possibly mean cannibalism, not hanibalism. Does anyone know if the English
word "hannibalism"  exists at all? If yes, it should be derived from the name of
the great Carthaginian general Hannibal. I have never heard that Hannibal or
other Carthaginians ate the flesh of other human beings. Anyone interested in
the wars between Rome and Cathage?

Cheers,

Ho Ngoc Duc <duc@informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
http://www.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/~duc