[78-L] "Natural"? OT?

[David Lennick]

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On 9/2/2014 10:22 AM, David Sanderson wrote:
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> On 9/2/2014 10:07 AM, Bud Black wrote:
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>> Hey....could be an alternative to "supernatural.
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
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>> On Sep 2, 2014, at 8:32 AM, Don Cox<doncox at enterprise.net.invalid>  wrote:
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>>> On 01/09/2014, Julian Vein wrote:
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>>>>
>>>> What is the significance of the use of the adjective "natural" in song
>>>> lyrics? For instance, "natural town"; "natural child"; "natural man".
>>>>
>>> A "natural child" is one born out of wedlock, as opposed to a formally
>>> correct child.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> --
>>> Don Cox
>
> Lots of different meanings, yes.
>
> Elizabethan/Shakespeare "natural" = "foolish, simple-minded", as
> "natural fool." I was astounded years ago when an old Maine friend
> pointed at someone along the road and said "That fellow looks natural."
> If I hadn't read Shakespeare I'd never have known what he meant.
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