re: #49 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I knew “abysmal” but never though of what it would be derived from.
I do not discuss atheism any more than I discuss matters of belief in God unless I have a personal interest in someone. Because they are personal and subjective matters.
I think “abyss” is the only Sumerian loan word in English. Apsu was the void underneath the Earth.