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From an online dictionary, I found:
"One entry found for liminal.
Main Entry: lim*i*nal
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin limin-, limen threshold
Date: 1884
1 : of or relating to a sensory threshold
2 : barely perceptible"
So, I see the use of this word as less physical and more conceptual.
That doesn't mean that the hands-on Bpers don't think in broad concepts,
but we'll cross that threshold when we get to it.
Ilene R. Tyler, FAIA
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 06:53:00 -0700
From: Cuyler Page <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Liminal
PS: Speaking of "Thresholds", no one mentioned the "Liminal" during =
the recent chat about doorways. I heard that term used for "doorway" at
= a recent academic conference about "the nature of home" and
immediately = realized how relevant to life BP really is since it was
right after the =
"door saddle" thread. We usually refer to the origin of "threshold" as
=
a medieval word about the raised door piece that kept in the straw, or =
thresh, back in the historic cold period when household floors were =
covered with it, rather than something related to the threshing floor.
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