Re: Soul of a dead person?

19:40, lunedì 21 gennaio 2008, Matti Lamprhey:
> "Ulrich Schwaderlap" <uli@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote...
>>
>> Ghost
>> Phantom
>> Wraith
>> Spectre
>> Spirit
>>
> 
> Hi, Uli.  The odd word out is "spirit", which usually refers
> to the part of a person which survives death and goes to
> heaven, hell, purgatory, etc.  The spirit is not itself
> usually held to be visible or otherwise
> perceivable by the living.  You used the word "soul" in the
> subject line, and this is a close synonym to "spirit" -- but
> not to the other words.
> 
> The other words are close synonyms of each other, and only the
> first, "ghost", is in normal usage nowadays.  These refer to
> the perception of a dead person, usually in visible form.


The first two words were used to name Rolls Royce cars.
There was also a Lotus Spirit, if I remember correctly.


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