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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 drawcansir quotation #127520 04/19/04 05:36 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley OP Carpal Tunnel OP Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta The quotation at the bottom of today's mailing from Anu is: The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable. -J.S. Buckminster, clergyman and editor (1797-1812) Not bad for somebody who managed to fit in quite a varied career before dying at age 15. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: drawcansir quotation #127521 04/19/04 09:51 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean Well, this nearly doubles his age: Author: Buckminster, Joseph Stevens, 1784-1812. Title: Sermons by the late Rev. J.S. Buckminster. With a memoir of his life and character. Edition: Second edition. Publication info: Boston : Printed and published by Wells and Lilly ...1815. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: drawcansir quotation #127522 04/19/04 10:57 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 As long as we're playing junior Quibblemeister here, how about quibbling about calling it an eponym when the name itself is derived from the character's nature. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: drawcansir quotation #127523 04/19/04 01:05 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky How very odd: my W.otD. has no quotation at the bottom of today's mailing . It reads: "The arrogant nephew and his two drawcansir uncles appeared ..." Washington Irving; The Widow's Tale; Defiance Democrat (Ohio); Oct 13, 1855. Eponyms -- AWAD's perennial favorites -- make their appearance once again. We've had 38 weeks of them over the last 10 years. Eponyms are words derived from people's names. There is a reason for their popularity: where else can you a find a whole story in just one word? This week's selection features words named after people famous and infamous, real and fictional, well-known and relatively obscure. This week we'll see words derived from characters in Greek mythology, French royalty, US law, and English fiction. -Anu Garg anu@wordsmith.org ............................................................................ Send your comments to anu@wordsmith.org. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Jackie! #127524 04/19/04 01:09 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York What are you, trying for the position of head nitpicker? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: aunty nit #127525 04/19/04 01:24 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass here's what is at the bottom of "Today's Word", which matches the dates in Connie's post.. The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable. -J.S. Buckminster, clergyman and editor (1784-1812) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Jackie! #127526 04/20/04 02:08 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky No; but Bingley said he got something mailed to him, and I didn't get it! [jealous e ] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Jackie! #127527 04/20/04 03:12 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont I got what Bingley got. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Jackie! #127528 04/20/04 09:33 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean I did too. In today's mailing: thersitical (thur-SIT-i-kuhl) adjective Foulmouthed; scurrilous. [After Thersites, a Greek in Iliad known for his abusive and foulmouthed nature. He called Agamemnon greedy and Achilles a coward.] "The self-described beneficiaries of most of this I.Q. increase, Princeton's 'Smart Fans,' have railed at season's end against thersitical cheers and jouncing the stands at basketball games." Bullyrag; The Princeton Spectator (New Jersey); Mar 3, 1998. "To conclude, after the fashion of our Thersitical Magazinist, Mr. Poe is about 39. He may be more or less." Hiram Fuller; Mr Poe and the New York Literati; Evening Mirror (New York); May 26, 1846. This week's theme: eponyms. Erratum: The year of birth in yesterday's quotation should have been 1784. [my bold] Sponsored by: Looking to escape the consumer culture? Read "This Green Life," a journal of sorts from NRDC. 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I'm proud to pay taxes in the United States; the only thing is, I could be just as proud for half the money. -Arthur Godfrey, television host, entertainer (1903-1983) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Jackie! #127529 04/20/04 02:36 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky "I got what Bingley got." eta-- http://www.hokies.net/images/00-01/emoticons/01_11_01_face_tongue-small.gif Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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