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... See moreDictionary dump (unformatted): a/an : “A was modified from the Egyptian hieroglyph representing the eagle. In Hebrew it was an ox, and in Greek it was a “symbol of a bad AUGURY in the sacrifices.” The distinction between a/an happened around the 1300s. aardvark : South African “earth pig” aaron’s serpent : “something so powerful as to swallow up mi
... See moreMetropolitan Tombology (PARIS CATACOMBS) with Dr. Erin-Marie Legacey — alie ward
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Like an amulet worn around the neck, these words might somehow shield or guide or console or sustain the one who held them close to mind and heart. I also thought of it, and continue to think of it, as a matter of these verbal amulets shaping our perception of the world. They form our thinking, our feeling, and our imagination in such a way that th
... See moreThe Convivial Society • Amulets Against the Spirits of the Age
Peter Sokolowski remembers being in the hallway outside the pronunciation editor’s office one day and hearing from within the office a very measured voice say, as blandly as possible, “Motherfucker. Motherfucker. Motherfucker.” It was one of our old pronunciation editors, trying to get the intonation right for the audio file. He left a few years la
... See moreKory Stamper • Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries
phonetic flair — wondering if there’s a word for when musicians change the pronunciation of words to improve the melody or match rhymes (ie: this girl is on fiyah.”) Pop-stars do it. Punk-stars do it. Music is a natural medium to mutate language.
There is a reason why Latin has 25 words for a prostitute and none for a male virgin.[48] Those two facts were very much linked.