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- Fri Feb 05, 2021 4:33 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: FOMO
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4688
- Sat Jan 30, 2021 9:03 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Pierian
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8226
Re: Pierian
"Nankeen" does indeed refer to the color. According to New Zealand Birds Online "The name 'nankeen' refers to the similarity in colour of the kestrels back to the yellowish-brown cotton found originally around the Chinese city of Nanking, once used to make buff-coloured cotton trouser...
- Thu Jan 28, 2021 8:14 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Lick
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11005
Re: Lick
The prototypical lichen is a round blob growing on a flat rock. It's diameter (and area) gradually increases over the years, slowly expanding over the surface of the rock. In crustose lichens, the area on the margin is where most of the growth occurs (Wikipedia) which gives the impression of slowly ...
- Thu Jan 28, 2021 7:50 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Belonger
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9586
Re: Belonger
Etymonline has long (v.) Middle English longen, from Old English langian "to yearn after, grieve for," literally "to grow long, lengthen," from Proto-Germanic *langojan, which probably is connected with the root of long (adj.). Cognate with Old Norse langa, Old Saxon langon, Midd...
- Wed Jan 27, 2021 4:45 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Corvid
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7666
Re: Corvid
According to The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds (J. K. Torres; Alfred A. Knopf: 1987) and Wikipedia, "corvus" is Latin for "raven." The Crow family, Corvidae, consists of 103 species world-wide, 18 in North America, 10 in Japan. In addition to crows and rave...
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 8:45 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Apoptosis
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10181
Re: Apoptosis
Etymonline says it's the "potamos" -- "rushing river" part. "Potamos" is Greek for "river" and from the PIE-root "*pet" "to rush, to fly." The "hippo" part is from Greek "hippos" "horse" and the PIE-root is &qu...
- Sat Jan 23, 2021 8:20 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Whodunit
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7127
Re: Whodunit
Nor I, but it is available as an e-book from Amazon. Here's a link to the Goodreads page on the book (looks like there was once a Penguin edition).
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/176 ... ast-murder
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/176 ... ast-murder
- Fri Jan 22, 2021 10:32 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Pierian
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8226
Re: Pierian
Why kestrel? According to myth, Pierus had nine daughters (or some versions say seven) who got into a singing contest with the other, more famous, Olympian Muses (Calliope, Kleio, etc.) and lost. As a result the Pierides were transformed into birds. One of these daughters was named Kenkhris (more co...
- Fri Jan 22, 2021 3:37 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Pierian
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8226
Re: Pierian
Please have a look at the YouTube video at the link
https://youtu.be/JHV-3oYLCFc
(In Japanese with English subtitles)
If you appreciate the Pierian intensity of the kestrel that figuratively brings down the curtain, please "hit the like button" as it helps the algorithm.
https://youtu.be/JHV-3oYLCFc
(In Japanese with English subtitles)
If you appreciate the Pierian intensity of the kestrel that figuratively brings down the curtain, please "hit the like button" as it helps the algorithm.
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 9:21 am
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: BBC and Quotation Marks
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10975
Re: BBC and Quotation Marks
In this case, I think definitions 1& 2 apply (repeated here for reference): 1.Used to show spoken words 2.Used around odd or unusual terms, jargon or slang. Looking at the linked linked by the BBC, we find the following: "Will the vaccines work against the new variant?" (Headline) &quo...
- Sun Jan 03, 2021 11:05 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Yes
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8303
Re: Yes
Although the YouTube talk at the link is on the topic of "and" in Germanic languages, there is also discussing of "yes" starting at 3:53 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkFxJAucJwY&t=2s Also notice that the old Norse/protogermanic word for "yes" still survives in th...
- Tue Dec 29, 2020 3:36 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Handsel
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5083
Re: Handsel
I am not familiar with "handsel" and cannot say I "swing it" as well as Mark Twain "swings" "lagniappe," but, in my opinion, "handsel" is not a synonym of "lagniappe." Here's how Mark Twain explained "lagniappe" in "Life on t...
- Tue Dec 22, 2020 8:32 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: “My Word!”!!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6728
Re: “My Word!”!!
It was a radio program from the 1950's that ran on the BBC. Here's a link to a Christmas Program:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cXDt8b ... x&index=14
Do stick around to listen to the shaggy dog stories that end the program.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cXDt8b ... x&index=14
Do stick around to listen to the shaggy dog stories that end the program.
- Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:27 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Anthropocene
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6463
Re: Anthropocene
I partially agree with Slava. I pronounce it an-thro-po-scene with stress on the first syllable. I take "anthro" from the abbreviated version of "anthropology" favored by university students and to not reduce any of the vowels to schwa. I grew in California and now may be influen...
- Mon Dec 21, 2020 4:11 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Conjunction
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2536
Conjunction
To go with "solstice" may I suggest "conjunction" including the following definition? a: the apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac b : a configuration in which two celestial bodies have their least apparent separation Accordi...