tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post1884734167069748154..comments2024-03-20T08:32:25.794-04:00Comments on Dept. of Nance: WordsmithingNancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-167199507681936202009-10-30T14:53:29.667-04:002009-10-30T14:53:29.667-04:00slouchy--
thanks. Mary G. was kind to put in a go...slouchy--<br /><br />thanks. Mary G. was kind to put in a good word for me, too. (This is a Golden Oldie Post, though! I hope you've found some new ones to enjoy as well...!)Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-53568003007078171652009-10-29T22:16:30.166-04:002009-10-29T22:16:30.166-04:00What a great post! Mary G. sent me here, and I...What a great post! Mary G. sent me here, and I'm glad she did.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602868040771218507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-79291178457375052842008-11-21T14:55:00.000-05:002008-11-21T14:55:00.000-05:00Tera--Oh, I know. And, have you noticed that they'...Tera--Oh, I know. And, have you noticed that they've changed the layout of dictionary.com? I don't like it as much as I used to. And it's not as fast, either.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-2485015164024893512008-11-20T22:10:00.000-05:002008-11-20T22:10:00.000-05:00Nance you know I am over here DROOLING!!!! You kn...Nance you know I am over here DROOLING!!!! You know how I love, love, LOVE words!!! I often make them up myself as well! And darn it, I just used ubiquitous the other day :)<BR/><BR/>Nina...what is this word you speak of? I know it not! I must make haste to Dictionary.com Damn!Terahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05237609498669814077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-17863369867072389852008-11-18T15:29:00.000-05:002008-11-18T15:29:00.000-05:00anali--i've been really tired lately, too!nina--i'...anali--i've been really tired lately, too!<BR/><BR/>nina--i'm sorry for not recalling our book chat. i recommend those books (and Edgar Sawtelle) to so many people anymore that i'm just like a recording! christmas is near, so i'm on the hunt now for books to put on my list.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-3666466810658317802008-11-18T00:21:00.000-05:002008-11-18T00:21:00.000-05:00I love the word ubiquitous too. Unfortunately I'm...I love the word ubiquitous too. Unfortunately I'm too sleepy to think of a new clever word at the moment.Lisa Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08096947438461486505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-23168532254789592782008-11-17T18:48:00.000-05:002008-11-17T18:48:00.000-05:00I read both books while I was pregnant. I actually...I read both books while I was pregnant. I actually read the first because I saw that it was all rage on Oprah but I think that you and I did discuss it a bit. I loved them both. But since the little man was born I haven't been able to complete an entire book...can't wait to get that part of my life back. Until then, I'll always have Pinky Dinky Doo :)Ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08060839171999701331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-39814145280892121202008-11-17T15:27:00.000-05:002008-11-17T15:27:00.000-05:00nancy--love the use of "hobby" and "grouch" which ...nancy--love the use of "hobby" and "grouch" which are actually very appropriate! and your previous pun...as my great grandma would say,"I bet your head exploded thinkin' that one up!"<BR/><BR/>jenomena--no wonder foreigners have such a low opinion of americans. <BR/><BR/>V-grrrl--i love the term "worky" also. it's just a more all-purpose term for "calisthenic." and "troubley" would be what I'd use for owning a dog.<BR/><BR/>circus kelli--holy crap! where ya been???Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-18660778635343783922008-11-16T23:29:00.000-05:002008-11-16T23:29:00.000-05:00Nance,When I read Jemomena's comment I had to smil...Nance,<BR/><BR/>When I read Jemomena's comment I had to smile.I have a Puerto Rican DIL and I love her a lot and enjoy listening to her speak English. She says so many great things like:<BR/><BR/>"No matter what anybody does to me, I don't hold a grouch."<BR/><BR/>"Don't drive so fast. That is a very bad hobby of yours."<BR/><BR/>"I don't like to stay in the house by myself, I get very scare."<BR/><BR/>I won't even mention how I mess up Spanish when she tries to teach ME.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-91313137621616040792008-11-16T23:06:00.000-05:002008-11-16T23:06:00.000-05:00We love teaching new words to one of our Spanish-s...We love teaching new words to one of our Spanish-speaking cooks at work. However, we teach him all the naughty things to say. And then he uses them in the funniest situations! <BR/><BR/>I love words too, and I really wish I was around more wordy people in my life!!jenomenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125646154464097317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-49502532854336616292008-11-16T19:48:00.000-05:002008-11-16T19:48:00.000-05:00I like when you use "worky."Words heard at Chez V:...I like when you use "worky."<BR/><BR/>Words heard at Chez V:<BR/><BR/>troubley--adj. someone or something that has a propensity for causing trouble, such as a troubley boy or a troubley friend.<BR/><BR/>muckamuck--a mess attached to children's hands, clothing, or environment. "Don't get all covered in muckamuck out there." "The kitchen floor is totally covered with muckamuck following that playdate." "Go wash all the muckamuck off your hands."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-62528821087308667022008-11-16T11:23:00.000-05:002008-11-16T11:23:00.000-05:00Hee hee! Ya word nerd! ;DLove you!Hee hee! Ya word nerd! ;D<BR/><BR/>Love you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015442439562633822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-5115877216636441542008-11-15T19:49:00.000-05:002008-11-15T19:49:00.000-05:00Nance,Optometrist: Definition..I think I saw one o...Nance,<BR/><BR/>Optometrist: Definition..<BR/><BR/>I think I saw one of these on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.....<BR/><BR/>Just choppin it up trying not to be calisthenic..Oh, snap!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-36173237500198305372008-11-15T11:32:00.000-05:002008-11-15T11:32:00.000-05:00ortizzle--i hear you. i wrote a post a couple year...ortizzle--i hear you. i wrote a post a couple years ago about the overuse of the word "amazing." I am so sick of that word. and how funny is it when kids pronounce "clandestine" as clan-duh-STYNE? lol.<BR/><BR/>j.--yes, elem. kids and jr. high are a step or two behind, usually. "oh snap" is not used unless to mockingly BE behind. <BR/><BR/>halley--not too sure of the "spread" of the term "choppin' it up." NE Ohio is such a weird linguistic and "fashion" microcosm. we tend to be very far behind the coastal regions in fashion and very singular in language. there is a Chicago and Detroit influence in both, but we really tend to create our own along the lakeshore areas.<BR/><BR/>shirley--leanne has the patience of Job when it comes to purse shopping with me. mainly because she tends to be in her own little world. it's worth it because she lives in MD and we don't see each other often and we can catch up with so much chatter. now, shoe shopping...that's a whole other thing. i am very quick: if i see it, i immediately KNOW IT, and I BUY IT. PERIOD. ask jared about shoe shopping. the only thing he hates about me is that i cannot fit the shoes back into the box properly and i never put them back correctly. he used to be a store manager and he really gets all over me about it. THAT'S WHY I TAKE HIM ALONG--I NEED A STAFF. LOL.<BR/><BR/>nina--i am so excited that you are reading Pillars of the Earth. SUPER WONDERFUL FICTION. did i recommend it to you? it is one of the few fiction books i recommend. make sure you read its sequel WORLD WITHOUT END. and i know your darling gorgeous baby MICAH will know wonderful words. whatever you don't teach him, I WILL.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-10649319001634659832008-11-15T10:22:00.000-05:002008-11-15T10:22:00.000-05:00Hmmm... I have a few students who are calisthenic....Hmmm... I have a few students who are calisthenic. Good one.<BR/><BR/>I know what you mean about vocabulary in the classroom. I am constantly amazed when I use a word in my Spanish IV class which I consider to be an obvious cognate, and when I finally say what it is in English... I get a blank stare. Such the other day when I said "clandestino"... and finally had to say, "Clandestine!" ... and then had to explain it in English. *sigh* <BR/><BR/>I love making words up, too. Most of mine are compound forms which have something scatological included, however, as expletives are more useful to me of late. <BR/><BR/>And speaking of choppin' it up with words... I think there should be a ban on over-used buzz words. You know the kind: $5 words that the average person never heard of until someone in the media decides that everything evil that happens is... HEINOUS. For example. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-57272800264988962492008-11-14T15:03:00.000-05:002008-11-14T15:03:00.000-05:00Chopping it up must be a big kid and grown-up thin...Chopping it up must be a big kid and grown-up thing because I can report I have not heard it on the elementary scene. There still busy thinking that saying "Oh, snap!" is cool. Little kids move pretty slow in the slang circles!J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13210196782033667445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-13664621907999411092008-11-13T22:12:00.000-05:002008-11-13T22:12:00.000-05:00Nance,I am loving this new term, it describes my m...Nance,<BR/><BR/>I am loving this new term, it describes my monster-in-law to a t. I may even be able to use it in front of my husband without him knowing what exactly i am saying. I love it......<BR/>Chopping it up, I hear this alot at work, patients love to say: "if all of you all weren't sitting around chopping it up and doing nothing, I could have been sent home by now." I wonder if this phrase is a lorain county thing or does it spread beyond the county limits???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-56119271128307409002008-11-13T20:18:00.000-05:002008-11-13T20:18:00.000-05:00Words are wonderful ... I am still learning daily ...Words are wonderful ... I am still learning daily and, obviously, we'll never stop learning since new terms like "choppin' it up" are entering our lexicon daily. ;-) BTW, I am hoping to avoid those people who are calisthenic so I won't be going purse shopping with you either ... just in case I agree with your friend Leanne. LOL (Maybe not shoe shopping, either. Good thing we are several states apart.) <BR/><BR/>Oh, I love when you share your husband's comments. Too funny.Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12236812564217726681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-5495793815647522072008-11-13T19:50:00.000-05:002008-11-13T19:50:00.000-05:00There is a show on for little kids that you might ...There is a show on for little kids that you might like. It's called Pinky Dinky Doo. Each episode has a word of the day. The last time I watched the word was "cacophony". Now, I just learned this word myself not all that long ago while reading The Pillars of the Earth. So I'm either waaaaaay underdeveloped in the vocabulary area or we just have super kids today that use expremely cool words.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to make sure that Micah knows cacophony :)Ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08060839171999701331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-58159068143137039732008-11-12T15:29:00.000-05:002008-11-12T15:29:00.000-05:00mikey--i have found that, by and large, math peopl...mikey--i have found that, by and large, math people do not possess an envious command of the English language. in response to your Word News, my husband is also a big fan of "plethora" and has amazed and astounded his co-workers with it to the extent that now they use it,too.<BR/><BR/>mary g--i'm blushing! thank you so much. flattery will get you everywhere, especially when you're CANADIAN! welcome to the Dept, and i hope you stop by and chop it up here often. LOL.<BR/><BR/>jpd--are you being a smartass? because you could very well become calisthenic with comments like this. besides, that was, i believe, one too many "Flaccos". <BR/>go update your pathetic blog, boy.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-8160440073571020052008-11-12T14:39:00.000-05:002008-11-12T14:39:00.000-05:00I wish I had a better vocabulary.In word news, the...I wish I had a better vocabulary.<BR/><BR/>In word news, the head of human resources at work used "plethora" in an e-mail and then said, "I love that word." It makes me happy :-)Mikey G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00897636566850280566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-49080293167849491272008-11-12T11:03:00.000-05:002008-11-12T11:03:00.000-05:00What about a word for people that just amaze you a...What about a word for people that just amaze you as well as amuse you? Would 'Nance' do it, do you think?MARY Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178370815712313585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-91532516896813708642008-11-11T22:46:00.000-05:002008-11-11T22:46:00.000-05:00Do not dare leave out your fantastic wordsmithing ...Do not dare leave out your fantastic wordsmithing this past weekend.<BR/><BR/>Allow me to set the scene...since you seem to have forgotten.<BR/><BR/>Ravens --V-- Texans<BR/>Second quarter<BR/>Joe Flacco, Ravens QB, is sacked by the Houston Texans.<BR/>You said: "Flacco, Flacco, Flacco, Flacco Sacko.<BR/><BR/>Now, if I had said something like that when I was...say...10...you would have told me to calm down.<BR/><BR/>Just sayin'.JPDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17332435129324941983noreply@blogger.com