tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post1670341934065137684..comments2024-03-22T07:29:41.391+00:00Comments on Jayne Ferst: WordsJaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309191526500602452noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-58309085640122858622011-09-13T17:42:30.771+01:002011-09-13T17:42:30.771+01:00I've always loved the word "inchoate"...I've always loved the word "inchoate". But I always mispronounce it.Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-65803220206088272352011-09-13T12:45:24.827+01:002011-09-13T12:45:24.827+01:00I am a little late here but I shall say it anyway...I am a little late here but I shall say it anyway. I have a book into which I write words - both new ones and synonyms that I have looked up.Jenny Beattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00640209636605410939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-83543673181098878012011-09-09T09:47:15.632+01:002011-09-09T09:47:15.632+01:00Oh yes I remember those notebooks and loved them, ...Oh yes I remember those notebooks and loved them, as I did reading. I also loved spelling bees in school and am proud to say was always one of the last left standing at the front of the class! However I was absolutely rubbish at arithmetic and anything to do with numbers. Still am, which makes dates very hard to remember when I love history so much. Loved this post!Dollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12477812986531102750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-27462965929473217292011-09-08T22:00:39.644+01:002011-09-08T22:00:39.644+01:00I was a weird kid, every night (at around age 11 t...I was a weird kid, every night (at around age 11 to 12) I'd memorise three random words from the dictionary I kept under my bed.<br /><br />I never told anyone, just did.<br /><br />My favourite word of all time is one I learned back then - serendipity.<br /><br />I also think it may apply to my tripping over your blog.Shrinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18401403773851253351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-29796603006701842112011-09-07T20:10:05.822+01:002011-09-07T20:10:05.822+01:00I love new words--just wish that some of the ones ...I love new words--just wish that some of the ones I wanted to use weren't so obscure! Like, PENETRALIA: /pen'i tray"lee euh/<br /> n.pl.<br /> 1. the innermost parts or recesses.<br /> 2. the most private or secret things.<br /> [1660-70; < L, n. use of neut. pl. of penetralis inner = penetr(are) to PENETRATE + -alis -AL[1]]<br /><br /><br />Just dying to use that in a novel, but it sounds so disgusting!J.B. Chicoinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06894797553204276281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-15797819610642334422011-09-06T13:00:58.005+01:002011-09-06T13:00:58.005+01:00A friend has a website she uses for her word of th...A friend has a website she uses for her word of the day. There used to be a article in the paper for years I enjoyed, knowing the author as well.Out on the prairiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548162534362532705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-87818798071264856512011-09-06T06:40:42.007+01:002011-09-06T06:40:42.007+01:00This is why I still traipse through dictionaries a...This is why I still traipse through dictionaries as though they were novels. If I hadn't, I never would have discovered callipygian, and where would I be without that? Thanks for Simony. That was the only one I'd never heard of. I won't remember what it means but some day I'll tell someone I'm coming down with a touch of simony and they'll feel appropriately sympathetic, and confused.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-36595702917620442542011-09-05T22:36:08.990+01:002011-09-05T22:36:08.990+01:00Wow, fun post! I don't remember these, but wou...Wow, fun post! I don't remember these, but would love to own one :D<br /><br />Thanks for sharing~Ellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070952447277684613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-48412548743243739852011-09-05T14:55:41.590+01:002011-09-05T14:55:41.590+01:00I remember vocabulary books, too. Maybe that's...I remember vocabulary books, too. Maybe that's why I like words - just feeling them roll off my tongue;-)<br />Just popped in from Karen's barbecue - so crowded over there and soooooo much food! Tizer would be nice . . .jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-1724927693456926682011-09-05T11:38:16.349+01:002011-09-05T11:38:16.349+01:00Aren't you clever? I'm nowhere near organi...Aren't you clever? I'm nowhere near organised enough to do that, but I hear you on the thrill of discovering new words.Talli Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780882465745107715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-27287335212888133732011-09-04T23:22:54.477+01:002011-09-04T23:22:54.477+01:00We called them "dictionaries" and I was ...We called them "dictionaries" and I was endlessly in trouble for wanting to use words that were "too grown up"! They were probably not really very grown up at all. As I remember it we used them in the first couple of years of school as part of writing our "diary" - a daily sentence about what we had done or were going to do. I would like to see one of mine now to see what it did contain!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-88140538169873822672011-09-04T22:31:59.664+01:002011-09-04T22:31:59.664+01:00Oh, my gosh. That brings back memories. I loved my...Oh, my gosh. That brings back memories. I loved my vocabulary books.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-46109327237304238472011-09-04T21:56:08.655+01:002011-09-04T21:56:08.655+01:00It is all very well but shouting Conflagration! Co...It is all very well but shouting Conflagration! Conflagration! will not bring the fire brigade.snafuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07588812293454033077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-51522881646813745702011-09-04T21:18:39.221+01:002011-09-04T21:18:39.221+01:00I do remember vocabulary books, and I also remembe...I do remember vocabulary books, and I also remember growing my vocabulary significantly when I was in my 20s and reading a lot of relatively obtuse fiction. As for your list? I would have scored about the same as you did!Katie Gateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01264642384901419402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-48992731317778382832011-09-04T19:12:37.179+01:002011-09-04T19:12:37.179+01:00i don't like using words that the average slob...i don't like using words that the average slob wouldn't understand, but that's a personal thing. expanding vocabulary is an important thing to do and i don't do it enough, for sure. even if you don't use the new vocab terms, trolling through those books is a good thing for anyone who writes words for a living or for serious fun, for sure.<br />nice to meecha.Ed Pilollahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09139531369534586168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-64924793120312165582011-09-04T17:32:58.708+01:002011-09-04T17:32:58.708+01:00I've been keeping such a book for years - alwa...I've been keeping such a book for years - always been a fan of sesquipedalianism - and because of it, simony was the only one in your list I wasn't familiar with.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04631254646368974136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-59210646818551070302011-09-04T17:08:48.617+01:002011-09-04T17:08:48.617+01:00never had those books but I, too, love coming acro...never had those books but I, too, love coming across new words - or old words, as in the case when I read Paradise Lost :)mshatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-87398948933231953052011-09-04T16:56:39.828+01:002011-09-04T16:56:39.828+01:00I had never done this before in school, but it see...I had never done this before in school, but it seems like such a fun exercise!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-15159022746303338592011-09-04T16:18:21.965+01:002011-09-04T16:18:21.965+01:00Anne - postprandial! I love it! Would preprandial ...Anne - postprandial! I love it! Would preprandial be the bit before a meal, I wonder?Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11309191526500602452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-50653867147740883462011-09-04T16:14:32.377+01:002011-09-04T16:14:32.377+01:00I remember the books, what a good idea you have.
...I remember the books, what a good idea you have. <br /><br />My notepads are laid out with descriptions that I want to keep.For example beach scenes. I have a page just for trees, that is how simple-minded I am. LOLGlynis Peters https://www.blogger.com/profile/01175378917872403609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-81267366474646459562011-09-04T16:01:09.739+01:002011-09-04T16:01:09.739+01:00It's such a good idea. I would do this with m...It's such a good idea. I would do this with my students at school if I didn't think the book would get lost, or stuck to a sandwich in their rucksack ...Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-13086360068951403132011-09-04T15:30:57.358+01:002011-09-04T15:30:57.358+01:00I vaguely remember being given similar books at sc...I vaguely remember being given similar books at school but I don't think they were ever put to use.Jennifer Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14285381115807201869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-63483167883765758692011-09-04T14:40:36.247+01:002011-09-04T14:40:36.247+01:00I love this. I love finding new words. As a matt...I love this. I love finding new words. As a matter of fact I found a few I had forgotten I knew. Now that's fun!<br /><br />Stoat - The European ermine<br /><br />As in, "the vicious old stoat"<br /><br />Postprandial - the period following a meal<br /><br />"after my postprandial nap"<br /><br />I love words.Anne Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816355522284492131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-2186830678864446722011-09-04T14:28:50.680+01:002011-09-04T14:28:50.680+01:00Simony!?!? Yay for simony!!
I came across a word ...Simony!?!? Yay for simony!!<br /><br />I came across a word here in blogland that I swore didn't exist but apparently it does: aggressing.<br /><br />LOL! Take care<br />xOld Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185547869183611159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-57464130427899797212011-09-04T14:16:45.902+01:002011-09-04T14:16:45.902+01:00I often find new words through doing crosswords an...I often find new words through doing crosswords and often think that I will use those words. Then what happens? I forget them after a while.<br />I do love words though, much better than numbers.<br />Maggie X<br /><br /><a href="http://granniemay.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Nuts in May</a>Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.com