~ THANK   id+ | THINKING or THOUGHTS related to
                GRATITUDE or APPRECIATION of
                GOOD FORTUNE |
                old eng THANKIA points toward
                        THINK
                   see> THOUGHT
 ~ THANKSGIVING id+ | once A RELIGOUS OBSERVANCE or
                      A CELEBRATORY DAY TO 
                      ACKNOWLEDGE DIVINE GOODNESS |
   hx> RELATED TO A CELEBRATION HELD IN 1621
       BY THE PILGRIMS IN MASSACHUSETTS
   IN GRATITUDE FOR GOOD HARVESTS
   CURRENTLY THE CELEBRATION LOST ITS
   ORIGINAL RELIGIOUS CHARACTER AND
   SINCE 1941 BY DECREE OF THE US CONGRESS
   CELEBRATED THE FOURTH THURSDAY OF NOVEMBER
   IN FACT THIS HARVEST CELEBRATION
   IS ANCIENT AND UNIVERSAL
   note that many modern barbarians
        have a tendency to replace
  "THANK YOU" with "NO PROBLEM" as if
  "YOU ARE WELCOME" or
  GRACE or
  GRATIS or
  GRATUITY are no longer deserving of
  GRACEFUL
  GRATITUDE
  {the above was inspired by statments made by
  G. WIDNEY [#]}
  lat BENE FACIS  = THANK YOU or
      GRATIAS       or
  sp  GRACIAS       implies
  eng GRACE         KIND  CHARM  leading to
  sp  GRATIS        GRATUITOUS or FREE and deserving of
  eng THANKS        or
  it  GRAZIE        same
  fr  MERCI         same and implies a form of
  eng MERCY         CHARITY or
      CHARM         thus also CHARISMA  and
  lat MERCES        REWARD and free from ideas such as
  eng MERCENARY     EVIL
  rus SPASIBO       from SPAS and
           BOH      coveys " GOD SAVE YOU "
  ukr DIAKUYU       DIA implies ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF AN ACTION
      BLAHODARNYJ   or BLESSED GIFT from
      BLAHO         BLESS and
           DAR      GIFT
  ger      DANKEN   THANKS
           DENKEN   THOUGHT
  Japanese ARIGATO  conveys " RECOGNITION THAT
                    IT WAS HARD FOR YOU "
  regarding
  eng      THINK    see> THOUGHT and note
  eng PENSIVE       from
  lat PENSO       = THINK as in
  sp  PENSAR        TO WEIGH or TO PONDER or
                    TO FRAME AN IDEA
                    also found in
  eng MEDITATIVE    MUSING  or
  sp  MEDITAR       PONDER  as if seeking
      MEDIO         MEDIUM  or
      MEDIDA        MEASURE
  for more consider
  see> MUSES
  see> GRACE
  sug> GRATIS
  see> CHARITY
  sug> CHARM
  sug> DIA
  see> FORTUNA

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