By Julia Alvarez. 309 pp. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. $18.95. he had four girls. Enough said.'' Those are the words that the mother of the Garcia sisters, introduced in Julia Alvarez's acclaimed novel ''How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents,'' wants inscribed on her tombstone.y Julia Alvarez. 309 pp. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. $18.95. he had four girls. Enough said.'' Those are the words that the mother of the Garcia sisters, introduced in Julia Alvarez's acclaimed novel ''How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents,'' wants inscribed on her tombstone.
The Lxx translates it with the Greek verb sozo, which means to rescue one from peril, danger or suffering, to protect from loss or destruction, to heal, to make whole, to keep alive, to preserve life (physical but especially spiritual - compare Ps 6:4, Ps 86:2).
Terminology. The term is derived from the Ecclesiastical Latin peccatum Sodomiticum or sin of Sodom, which in turn comes from the Ancient Greek word ÏÏÎ´Î¿Î¼Î± (Sodoma). sÃ³domahe word sod, a noun or verb (to sod off) used as an insult, is derived from sodomite. It is a general purpose insult term for anyone the speaker dislikes without specific reference to their sexual behaviour.