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Hey there
I'm currently making (read: desperately finishing to make it in time) a rather dull diploma work on english linguistics. The topic is the word "end" and it semantic field (no, you do not need to know what the hell does that mean ;D).
Without beating around the bush: I need a little help. A very simple thing. All you have to do is to answer these questions:
(yeah, the question is kinda stupid and most answers rather obvious, but I NEED to have some feedback from english users to support my thesis)
I. Can (in your opinion) the following phrases mean "The end of the world":
1. Armaggedon
2. Apocalypse
3. Ragnarok
4. Last Judgement/ Judgement Day
5. End time/End times/End of days (that's from scientology 8))
6. Doom
7. Doomsday
II Are (in your opinion) the following phrases synonymous to the noun "end":
1. Armaggedon
2. Apocalypse
3. Ragnarok
4. Last Judgement/ Judgement Day
5. End time/End times/End of days (that's still from scientology ;D)
6. Doom
7. Doomsday
(note: "synonymous" means that you can make ANY sentence in which changing a word does not change the meaning. If you consider that sentences:
"Spears of nuclear fire rained from the skies and brought an end to us all"
"Spears of nuclear fire rained from the skies and brought us the Apocalypse"
If you think that those sentences mean the same, then for you "end" and "Apocalypse" are synonymous. Simple, right?)
How to answer:
[spoiler:fa93de496c]Anyhow. You can PM me, you can post it here. You can write:
I 1yes/no 2yes/no(...)
II 1yes/no (...)
you can write:
"yes, yes, no, yes, no, yes, no / yes, no yes no (...)
hell, you can even write "all yes"" or "all no"[/spoiler:fa93de496c]
Just remember to state if you are a native english speaker or not. If you are not, please, answer those questions. If english IS your native language, please answer those questions, then persuade your girlfiend into answering them, then your parents, siblings, neighbours, your friends, and your dog... (if he reacts to "heel" we can assume he is speaking english, right?
Why the hell do I need that
[spoiler:fa93de496c]I've picked linguistics 'cos I didn't really had a choice :-[ I picked 'end' 'cos I thought it can be interesting. And then I started writing and realised that NO GODDAMN DICTIONARY MENTIONS ANY LINKS BETWEEN THE "END" OR "END OF THE WORLD" AND OUR BELOVED ARMAGGEDONS AND APOCALYPSES!!!!!111ONEONEONE... Heck, to write anything about what I like I have to have some proof that such connection exist. Help me prove it (or prove me I'm wrong).
[/spoiler:fa93de496c]
And thanks.
EDIT:
Some people (no, not on NMA) were arguing about what is a synonym and what isn't, so I put everywhere this:
I'm currently making (read: desperately finishing to make it in time) a rather dull diploma work on english linguistics. The topic is the word "end" and it semantic field (no, you do not need to know what the hell does that mean ;D).
Without beating around the bush: I need a little help. A very simple thing. All you have to do is to answer these questions:
(yeah, the question is kinda stupid and most answers rather obvious, but I NEED to have some feedback from english users to support my thesis)
I. Can (in your opinion) the following phrases mean "The end of the world":
1. Armaggedon
2. Apocalypse
3. Ragnarok
4. Last Judgement/ Judgement Day
5. End time/End times/End of days (that's from scientology 8))
6. Doom
7. Doomsday
II Are (in your opinion) the following phrases synonymous to the noun "end":
1. Armaggedon
2. Apocalypse
3. Ragnarok
4. Last Judgement/ Judgement Day
5. End time/End times/End of days (that's still from scientology ;D)
6. Doom
7. Doomsday
(note: "synonymous" means that you can make ANY sentence in which changing a word does not change the meaning. If you consider that sentences:
"Spears of nuclear fire rained from the skies and brought an end to us all"
"Spears of nuclear fire rained from the skies and brought us the Apocalypse"
If you think that those sentences mean the same, then for you "end" and "Apocalypse" are synonymous. Simple, right?)
How to answer:
[spoiler:fa93de496c]Anyhow. You can PM me, you can post it here. You can write:
I 1yes/no 2yes/no(...)
II 1yes/no (...)
you can write:
"yes, yes, no, yes, no, yes, no / yes, no yes no (...)
hell, you can even write "all yes"" or "all no"[/spoiler:fa93de496c]
Just remember to state if you are a native english speaker or not. If you are not, please, answer those questions. If english IS your native language, please answer those questions, then persuade your girlfiend into answering them, then your parents, siblings, neighbours, your friends, and your dog... (if he reacts to "heel" we can assume he is speaking english, right?

Why the hell do I need that
[spoiler:fa93de496c]I've picked linguistics 'cos I didn't really had a choice :-[ I picked 'end' 'cos I thought it can be interesting. And then I started writing and realised that NO GODDAMN DICTIONARY MENTIONS ANY LINKS BETWEEN THE "END" OR "END OF THE WORLD" AND OUR BELOVED ARMAGGEDONS AND APOCALYPSES!!!!!111ONEONEONE... Heck, to write anything about what I like I have to have some proof that such connection exist. Help me prove it (or prove me I'm wrong).
[/spoiler:fa93de496c]
And thanks.

EDIT:
Some people (no, not on NMA) were arguing about what is a synonym and what isn't, so I put everywhere this:
(...)but I think I can clear things a bit by providing you with a little list of what words are already IN the thesauri as established synonyms of the noun "end":
FINISH, EXTREMITY, REMAINDER, AIM, RESULT, DEATH, PART, CONCLUSION, FINALE, CULMINATION, CONSEQUENCE, BOUNDARY, DESTRUCTION, EXTERMINATION, GOAL (...)(that's only a small part, in my thesis there is a total number of 78 synonyms... and that's still not all 8))