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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2007Primitive and Primate
Primitive and primate. How are the two words used differently when referring to our 'ancestors'? Are they two different kinds of animal at the time? like a comparison of monkey and champs. >Primitive and primate. How are the two words used differently >when referring to our 'ancestors'? Are they two different kinds >of animal at the time? like a comparison of monkey and champs. Tes, they are used entirely differently. "Primate" as a zoological term refers to a class of mammals that includes men and monkeys. It is also an ecclesiological term, and the two senses can be mixed, as in the saying "mandrills and bishops have purple in common". And, of course, both are primates in the zoological sense. Primitive means the earliest form of something. It is a much vaguer term, and often is based on cultural assumptions of the speaker. But very old cave paintings in various parts of the world can rightly be called "primitive art" because they are the oldest form of human graphic art we know of.  SignatureSteve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk > Primitive and primate. How are the two words used differently > when referring to our 'ancestors'? Are they two different kinds > of animal at the time? like a comparison of monkey and champs. We're related closely to champs but we're also related to oranges and grillers. SignatureJohn Dean Oxford >> Primitive and primate. How are the two words used differently >> when referring to our 'ancestors'? Are they two different kinds >> of animal at the time? like a comparison of monkey and champs. > >We're related closely to champs but we're also related to oranges and >grillers. But not to broilers. SignaturePaul In bocca al Lupo! >>> Primitive and primate. How are the two words used differently >>> when referring to our 'ancestors'? Are they two different kinds [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > But not to broilers. That's not to say there aren't people who are chickens. --Jeff SignatureThe shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same. --Stendhal >>>> Primitive and primate. How are the two words used differently >>>> when referring to our 'ancestors'? Are they two different kinds [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > That's not to say there aren't people who are chickens. I had a cousin who was a friar. >>>>> Primitive and primate. How are the two words used differently >>>>> when referring to our 'ancestors'? Are they two different kinds [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > I had a cousin who was a friar. And an uncle who was a capuchin ... and we're back on the monkey thread. SignatureJohn Dean Oxford >>>>>> Primitive and primate. How are the two words used differently >>>>>> when referring to our 'ancestors'? Are they two different [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > And an uncle who was a capuchin ... and we're back on the monkey > thread. They went through the eye of the needle long ago. >>Primitive and primate. How are the two words used differently >>when referring to our 'ancestors'? Are they two different kinds >>of animal at the time? like a comparison of monkey and champs. > > We're related closely to champs but we're also related to oranges and > grillers. I thought "orange" meant "people", as in "orange you tang" (people who smell of oranges). "Griller" is more obvious: King Kong was hot stuff. SignatureRob Bannister > > Primitive and primate. How are the two words used differently > > when referring to our 'ancestors'? Are they two different kinds > > of animal at the time? like a comparison of monkey and champs. > > We're related closely to champs but we're also related to oranges and > grillers. I am, though less closely, related to a number of chumps. Until the DNA test comes in, I can't be sure, but I think they're nearer to the orange side than the griller branch. SignatureMike. |
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