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IN THE FEIGNED INABILITY OF SOME TO READ 'KEMET' PROPERLY, MANY HAVE NOT TAKEN NOTICE OF THE IDEOLOGICAL OPPOSITE OF 'BLACK' IN THE MDU NTR - RED. THIS IS AN APPELLATION WHICH AFRICANS HAVE USED BOTH IN ANTIQUITY AND TODAY TO DESCRIBE WHITE FOLKS (IT IS ALSO USED TO DESCRIBE LIGHT-SKINNED BLACK FOLKS AS WELL...)
OCHRE, A REDDISH SUBSTANCE, APPEARS TO BE THE ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD USED TO DESCRIBE THE LIBYANS - YOU DECIDE...
BUDGE KNOWS THE ACTUAL MEANING OF THE DETERMINATIVE 'KHAST' MEANS 'FOREIGN COUNTRY' AND THE PLURAL 'KHASTIU' MEANS 'FOREIGN COUNTRIES'; IT'S IN HIS DICTIONARY - HERE, HE IS SIMPLY FOLLOWING THE 'PARTY LINE' WITH HIS USAGE OF 'LAND' INSTEAD...THE TOP GLYPH 'TESH.T ACTUALLY DOES REFER TO LAND BECAUSE IT HAS A DETERMINATIVE THAT INDICATES LAND...Posts: 3344 | From: Berkeley | Registered: Oct 2003
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