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By Cider Jim
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#155033
I noticed that part of the "Williams Stadium" sign on top of the football scoreboard was ripped off on my drive in to work today.
By LUconn
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#155045
actually, they've sold the naming rights to the local Jehova's Witness church.
By Knucklehead
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#155051
LUconn wrote:actually, they've sold the naming rights to the local Jehova's Witness church.
JEHOVAH!
Look I'm correcting someone else's spelling! yay!
By LUconn
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#155068
alright, I can see someone going around correcting people's English, but come on man, it's Hebrew.
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By ToTheLeft
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#155071
Actually, the word Jehova(h) is not even Hebrew...

The whole, its half Yaweh, half Adonai thing...

I think that's the case.

I learned that at my old school, they might not teach it that way here.

Sometimes you Baptists can be a bit different. :P
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By FlameDad
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#155074
The term was coined by William Tyndale 1530 something
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By ToTheLeft
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#155075
FlameDad wrote:The term was coined by William Tyndale 1530 something
Yay I was right!

Winner!

Thanks.
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By Sly Fox
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#155077
Its true. It was a word created by translators to signal to readers a name that should be read but not spoken in its original Hebrew form. But we digress ...
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By Cider Jim
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#155090
We need to get JDUB or BJ out there and get a pic: of the broken SIGN, not of Jehovah. :bowdown
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By JDUB
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#155101
we'll see. i don't feel like taking my camera but i'm going to the gym in a while so i may take one out the window
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