Comments on: Words from my reading

By: Susan James

Susan James — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:02:20 +0000

Hmm, I’m not sure I’d want my lips compared to a slave galley. What does that symbolize?

Very interesting list. I recognized several that I must have read but couldn’t have said what they were as I didn’t take the time to look up. So glad you do!

And softdrink- I wish that were true. Having grown up around cows I can tell you they burp a lot and do not have fresh breath.

By: rebeccareid

rebeccareid — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:34:36 +0000

You are so good to look them up! I just skim over them.

Of course, today I’ve been reading a book in Spanish and I only know about 50% of the words. I used to know them all! So it woudl take me a while to look them all up!

By: Sharla

Sharla — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:14:02 +0000

I’m in the same boat as bermudaonion. I only knew grappa & parsley. I’ve never heard of cow parsley before. Interesting.

By: softdrink

softdrink — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:08:26 +0000

So do cows eat cow parsley after their hay to freshen their breath?

By: bermudaonion

bermudaonion — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:11:16 +0000

Holy cow, that’s a lot of words! I found 2 that are familiar to me – grappa and parsley. Of course, I didn’t know what cow parsley was.

By: Jessie Sams

Jessie Sams — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:09:06 +0000

Some of those words I only knew because my “words” screensaver (it scrolls words and definitions across the screen that rotate and change every day). I just saw another one go by: “exurb” (a district outside the city). English words are fascinating.

By: Snowbell

Snowbell — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:54:05 +0000

I didn’t know ashlar – thanks for sharing
Here’s mine

By: wordlily

wordlily — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:47:32 +0000

I don’t always remember all the words, but I do remember more than a few of them. I think the repeated contact with them — to turn them into a blog post — helps drill them into my head. I’ve actually had opportunity to use some of them in the course of normal conversation, even, which helps.

By: gautami tripathy

gautami tripathy — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:47:13 +0000

I only know two words out of the lot. I truly enjoy to learn about difficult words posted by you! Here is my Wondrous Words Wednesdays post.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:38:00 +0000

Do you usually remember the words from your reading that you have to look up? Most of the time, the words are so obscure that even when I look them I don’t usually remember them because I encounter them so rarely.