Frightening Borrow-Words

[debka_notion]

I just came across the Hebrew words for Anthropocentric and theocentric in my Hebrew homework. They look Awfully scary, even if they sound almost exactly like the English.

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[margavriel.livejournal.com]

Close but no cigar

I never understood the logic/history behind this expression. What does a poisonous, foul-smelling herb have to do with how close somebody's guess is?