Gemini 15: Two Dutch Children talking

T h e w o r d t w o i s a d e r i v a t i v e o f t h e IE root dwow h i ch i n c l u de means balance, t w o. Its paronyms be t w e e n ,

b e t w i x t , b in a r y , c o m b i n e , d e u c e , d i p l o m a , d o u b l e , d o u bt , d o ze n , d u a l , d u b io u s , d u e t , d u p l e x , d u p l i c a t e , d y a d , t w in , t w i st , t w i c e , twenty, twelve, and the p r e fi x e s di-, d i p l o - , du o , a n d d i ch o - . 1 T h e w o r d D u t ch de s c e n d s f r o m t h e ro o t t eu t a - w h i c h m e a n s t ri b e . 2 I t s p a r on y m s i n c l ud e f a c t o t u m , P l a t t de u t s c h , T e u t o n , t o t a l , a n d t u t t i ( a l l ; a n e n s e mb l e o f m us i c i a n s ). T h e w o r d c h i l d r e n i s t he p l u r a l f o r m o f t h e n o un c h i l d de s c e n d s f r o m t h e O l d E n g l i s h c i l d 3. T h e w o r d t a l k i n g i s t h e p re s e n t p a r t i ci p le o f t h e v e r b t a l k . I t d e s c e n d s f r o m t h e r o o t d e l - 2 w h i c h m e a n s t o c o u n t , r e c o un t . 4 I t s p a r o n y m s i n c l u d e d o l e r i t e ( a d a r k , cr y s t a l l i n e , i g n e o u s r o c k ) , t a l l , t a l e , a n d s e d u l o u s ( m a r ke d b y c a r e a n d p e rs i s t e n t e f f o r t ) . THEMES: The ov e r - a r c h i n g t h e me here c on c e r n s N U M B E R S, COUNTING, and PLURALITY where the latter is defined as a large n u m b e r o r a m o u n t ; a m u l t i t u d e . 5 R e c a l l t h a t t h e k e y w or d t w o d e s c e n d s f r o m t h e r o o t d w o - w h i c h m e a n s t w o . I t s p a r o n y ms i n c l u d e s e v e r a l n u m b e r s la r g e r t ha n t w o, h o w e v e r, e . g . t w e l v e , d o z e n , a n d t w e n t y . T h e keyword Dutch descends from a root that means tribe, a word which c a n b e d e fi n e d a s a un i t o f s o ci o p ol i t i ca l o r g a n i z a t i on c o n si s t i n g o f a n u m b e r o f f a mi l i e s, c l a n s o r o t he r g r o u p s w h o s h a r e a c o m m o n a n ce s t r y

1 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 21 2 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 92 3 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/child 4 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 15 5 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dict ionary/entry/plurality Starling Hunter 2011 1

a n d c u l t u r e . 6 T h e k e y w o r d c h i l d r e n i s , o f c o u r s e , t h e p lu r a l f o r m o f t h e n o u n c h i l d . F i n a l ly , t h e k e y w o r d t a l k i n g d e s c e n d s fr o m a r o o t t h a t m e a n s t o c o un t , r e c o u n t . A m o n g t h e d e f i n i t i o n s o f t h e c o un t i s t o r e c i t e o r l i s t n u m b e r s i n o r d e r o r e n um e r a t e i t e ms b y u n i t s o r g r o u p s. P h r a s e s f o r m e d f r o m t h e k e y w o r d s a n d p a r o n y m s i n c l ud e d o u b l e t a l k , a d u b i o u s t a l e , a t w i s t e d t a l e , a n d t a l l t w in s .

6 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/tribe Starling Hunter 2011 2