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[marcus]

A good point, of course.Just to clarify - are you suggesting, therefore, that rather than calling a child "little lion", one would actually call the child "my brave lion" or something like that? So by losing the diminutive you are attaching more 'greatness' to the epithet?All the bestMarcus

[the light 7000]

PS...
This is re: word SENAT. This was mention without any sort of intention to spark irrelevant discussion with some "irrespectfull" flavour or simular... (like Marcus or others are keen to...). I just noted later- after posting it, and therefore I must say that this in Makedonian means SENAT=SEDANT= person/s who is/are seating and/or SE- NAT= SE+NAT-RE= THEY ARE INSIDE, i.e. person/s who is.are inside building or simullar, discussing things...Thanks,
The Light 7000

[the light 7000]

Well my dear friend, I am not suggesting anything, I am just saying what it means in Makedonian, and Alexander was King of/from Makedonia, so you should think twise to be wise... I am saying what is / was present in Makedonian language without changing things therfore no suggestions and/or some childish things like that. If one is changing things to gain some trivial short lasting fashion like "proud"..., it is booomerang in long term..., so why just do not leave things like they are and digging up, to let next generations to explore "the pure truth", othervice you are ruing that possibility, or maybe that is your intention... No more monkey business...
The Light 7000

[yiannis]

Ehm, I'm not sure if I understand something wrong, but the word "ARSLAN" or "ASLAN" is Turkish/Mongol and has some distant Chinese roots from the times that the Turks lived close to the Chinese.
If you're using the word Arslan in modern-day Slavomacedonian, then it's obviously a loan from the Turkish language.Regards,
Yiannis

[the light 7000]

...sO i WAS WRONG AGAIN, GREEK de ja vu cont. OK, check for reply latter down under, and stop drinking ...The Light 7000

[yiannis]

I'm sorry for upsetting you Vasco. I'm merely letting people know, that the modern day Slavomacedonian language that you speak, has absolutely nothing to do with ancient Macedonian.
All this so they don't get confused. Trust me on this, "arslan" is not a Macedonian word :-)Cheers,
iannis

[marcus]

Vasco,From the tone I perceive in your message I think you misunderstood me. I was asking a serious question to see whether I had understood your post. If you read it any differently I apologise, but I wanted to be clear about your meaning because it is sometimes difficult to understand what you are saying.Contrary to what you say in another message on this thread I have no intention of sparking irrelevancies or controversy. I shall overlook that comment of yours because I think it is a communication breakdown.All the bestMarcus

[ruthaki1@telus.net]

in response to the 'help' and suggestions, many thanks.
In response to the rather snarky post by Pela: I am NOT a lazy student or a wanna-be novelist. I have been researching about Alexander since I was 16 and believe me that was aeons ago. I am a published writer, though mainly at this point short fiction and travel journalism but I've been writing novels for many years and teach novel writing.
I am meticulous in my research even to small details. I was merely asking for some suggestions from the expert Alexander scholars on this site.
Among my own writer friends there are none who are so knowlegable about this particular history and my classical scholar friends all live abroad.