Wordsmith Talk |
About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us | |||
Register Log In Wordsmith.org Forums General Topics Weekly Themes Utopia
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
OP Sir Thomas More may have had two derivations from the Greek. The first syllable, "U", could represent the Greek "ou", meaning "not", or the Greek "eu", meaning "good". In English, the compound word derived either way will sound the same. He may thus have been suggesting that an ideal place is impossible in practice. The "eu" derivation is consistent with the generally accepted word "dystopia", meaning "bad place".
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Utopia RonDavis 05/10/10 08:30 AM Re: Utopia zmjezhd 05/10/10 12:34 PM Re: Utopia RayButler 05/11/10 10:11 AM Re: Utopia zmjezhd 05/11/10 12:23 PM Re: Utopia BranShea 05/11/10 12:39 PM Re: Utopia zmjezhd 05/11/10 12:59 PM Re: Utopia LukeJavan8 05/11/10 03:50 PM Re: Utopia BranShea 05/11/10 06:46 PM Re: Utopia LukeJavan8 05/13/10 05:47 PM Re: Utopia BranShea 05/13/10 08:51 PM Re: Utopia tsuwm 05/13/10 09:17 PM Re: Utopia BranShea 05/14/10 09:40 PM Re: Utopia LukeJavan8 05/14/10 03:52 PM Re: Utopia Jackie 05/13/10 03:49 AM Re: Utopia tsuwm 05/13/10 03:52 AM Re: Utopia olly 05/13/10 04:16 AM Re: Utopia Faldage 05/13/10 10:15 AM Re: Utopia zmjezhd 05/13/10 12:28 PM Re: Utopia Jackie 05/14/10 01:19 AM Re: Utopia BranShea 05/16/10 05:18 PM Re: Utopia LukeJavan8 05/16/10 09:20 PM Re: Utopia zmjezhd 05/16/10 10:42 PM Re: Utopia LukeJavan8 05/17/10 03:09 PM Re: Utopia Faldage 05/17/10 11:39 PM Re: Utopia LukeJavan8 05/17/10 11:43 PM
Moderated by Jackie
Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Statistics Forums16Topics13,913Posts229,423Members9,182 Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV
9,182 Registered Users
Who's Online Now 0 members (), 793 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 23
Top Posters wwh 13,858Faldage 13,803Jackie 11,613wofahulicodoc 10,593tsuwm 10,542LukeJavan8 9,922Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210AnnaStrophic 6,511Wordwind 6,296of troy 5,400
Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith.org