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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Usonia/words from architecture? #102413 05/02/2003 10:44 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Read an intriguing article about the homes Frank Lloyd Wright designed in a special community 25 miles north of New York City called Usonia. There were 47 of these homes clustered there. But the article mentions there were other smaller Usonias of 4 or 5 homes in Galesburg (state?) and Kalamazoo, Mich. (hi Connie!) Then it goes on to say that, in all, 202 Usonian-style homes were built across the US. And Wright did this work when he was in his 80s! My word-question is, has Usonia and Usonian now crept into the language as a word in its own Wright? (sorry, that just happened!...really )...similar to Utopia and Utopian? I know it seems to be, at least, a word describing a certain architectual style. Jazzo? Here's the article link. It's an informative read: http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/lifestyle/050203M02USONIA.html And, then, what about other words from architecture? For instance, I'll kick it off with one of the most obvious...gargoyles....was that coined from the name of their originator, etc.? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Usonia/words from architecture? #102414 05/03/2003 1:51 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Here's something from the Web: "The word "Gargoyle" shares a common root with the word "Gargle"; which comes from "gargouille", an French word for "Throat". A true gargoyle is a waterspout. The word “gargoyle” is also a derivative from the Latin word, “gurgulio”, which had a double meaning, “throat”, and the “gurgling” sound water makes as it passes through a gargoyle" Had it been a multiple choice, Whit', I would have nailed it. When I read your question about gargoyles, I thought, "I think it has to do with gargling." The above came from this url: http://northstargallery.com/gargoyles/aboutgargoyles.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Usonia/words from architecture? #102415 05/03/2003 4:17 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I read a long time ago that some of the gargoyles are cariacatures some stonecutters made of their colleagues. The gargoyles were apparently the only carvings in which the stonecutters apparently were free to choose their subject and style. It appears that there are few if any identical. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Usonia/words from architecture? #102416 05/06/2003 3:46 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean Galesburg is near Kalamazoo/Portage/Climax/Battle Creek http://makeashorterlink.com/?L22824574 Interesting. I shall have to look into that and try and find some of these houses. Another interesting architectural development project can be found in Charlevoix, Michigan http://www.charlevoix.lib.mi.us/art22.htm http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&address=&city=Charlevoix&state=MI Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit 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. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,423 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 21 A C Bowden 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,239 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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