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by bnjtokyo
Fri Feb 05, 2021 4:33 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: FOMO
Replies: 5
Views: 4688

Re: FOMO

Dear Dr Goodword
Hello, who says?
by bnjtokyo
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...
by bnjtokyo
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 ...
by bnjtokyo
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...
by bnjtokyo
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...
by bnjtokyo
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...
by bnjtokyo
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
by bnjtokyo
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...
by bnjtokyo
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.
by bnjtokyo
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...
by bnjtokyo
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...
by bnjtokyo
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...
by bnjtokyo
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.
by bnjtokyo
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...
by bnjtokyo
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...

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