Wordsmith, the home of A.Word.A.Day newsletter, celebrates 17 years, and featured five 17-letter words this week. To further mark the milestone, subscribers were invited to take part in a haiku contest - send in a haiku to define or illustrate each of these 17 letter words. (What is a haiku?)
My entries -
predestinarianism
My will or your will
Have no doubt - it is His will
that has the last word!
triskaidekaphobia
Did thirteen say Boo?
Will you fear an extra loaf
in a baker’s doz
contradistinguish
At either end of
V I B G Y O R
reside Black and white
laryngopharyngeal
Out comes noise or sound
while air water and food go
their ways - up or down!
perspicaciousness
See, observe details
read not only ‘tween the lines -
but also letters
That exercise was enjoyable. And I continue to look forward Wordsmith's daily doses sent to a million+ linguaphiles.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Heard of a 'haiku'?
Thursday, March 10, 2011
What We Too Can Do
What You Can Do « The Story of Citizens United v. FEC | THE STORY OF STUFF PROJECT: SEASON 2
Here's Annie Leonard with yet another story. I wish her all success in her efforts. The sooner they - the US citizens - succeed in their efforts at reclaiming democracy from the corporates and put the people in charge, the sooner can other democracies get back to being truly of, by and for the people.
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Shade - and shades!
Lest we forget
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