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Hind is Phoenician for bull, but hind is also a word for deer in English, root of the word is Germanic according to google, but this seems too good to be a coincidence.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45593/whoso-list-to-hunt-i-know-where-is-an-hind

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Hind...Hindu...India...Aleph means bull, not hind...duh! Associative error.

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Oh, this is interesting! Thank you for this!

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Modern Lebanese people are very proud of their Phoenician heritage. Fascinating article, thanks for sharing!

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thank you!

do you know the research of professor Silvia Ferrara?

(i.e. The Greatest Invention?)

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I certainly do. And I have known Silvia for more than 20 years.

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