April 26, 2007

Mmmm....Etymology....Mmmmm......

The Random Penseur directs our attention to this coo-el website: The Maven's Word of the Day Index, courtesy of Random House. Go on over and browse the backgrounds of all sorts of words n' phrases. Personally, I could spend the next couple months there.

(One phrase not included (I suppose due to its extreme regionality) is "Jeezum Crow!" an interjection popular in the extreme north and one that has entered the Llama Lexicon since we started hanging about in Maine.)

Posted by Robert at April 26, 2007 10:09 AM | TrackBack
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Rob, I keep going back and back to this site. Did you know, for instance, that "Entwicklungsroman has some slight fame for being the longest word in English (it is found in a few English dictionaries) having each of the five vowels once and only once."

I did not know that. But now that I do, I am a better person for it.

Posted by: R P at April 26, 2007 12:57 PM

This is a dangerous addiction, my friend....

Posted by: Robbo the LB at April 26, 2007 01:26 PM

Well, yeah, that's true. But a shared addiction is so much better than those nasty addictions we used to have, isn't it?

Posted by: R P at April 26, 2007 01:37 PM