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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Tripping off the tongue ... #83981 10/20/02 11:59 PM Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13 British Columbia Q quoththeraven OP stranger OP quoththeraven stranger Q Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13 British Columbia ... or mayhaps I should say, "dripping" off the tongue as "epicurean" has been a long-time favorite word, not to mention indulgence, of mine. Other words in my top-ten list (if you dare to read further) are ----*drum roll*---- Jingoism - just because it's fun to say, not because I'm a proponent (I'm Canadian afterall, eh?) Assuage - feels like velvet in my mouth and satin in my voice Whismy - this one is just plain ol' quaint and curious just like many a volume of forgotten lore. Quoth the raven. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Tripping off the tongue ... #83982 10/21/02 12:15 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Hello, Raven... ravenous...that's a bellyfull quotidian...nothing to do with quotes other than the ho-hum ones salve...because it sounds like what it does I'll welcome you with the same phrase maverick welcomed me over a year ago: Welcome to the nut house! Bedlam regards, Wordwind Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Tripping off the tongue ... #83983 10/21/02 12:19 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear qtr: So happy to see you joining us. I hope that opening will assure you of my not intending to seem pedantic, but.....Shakespeare said "trippingly off the tongue, and I ape him assiduously. Also: is "whismy" a typo for "whimsy"? I am a champion at spotting other people's typos, but miss many of mine. I'll go search for "whismy" but expect "not found". Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue. —Hamlet. William Shakespeare. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Tripping off the tongue ... #83984 10/21/02 12:20 AM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 13 T troubador stranger troubador stranger T Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 13 Whismy - this one is just plain ol' quaint and curious just like many a volume of forgotten lore. Quoth the raven. Whimsy billows off the tongue like smoke from Gandalf's pipe, Raven, but whismy? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Tripping off the tongue ... #83985 10/21/02 12:26 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... I like whismy because it makes me think of kismet, and that's a good tripping word, too. Raven, don't worry about the loons. They'd never be able to perch on the bust of Pallas. Bird regards, WW Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Tripping off the tongue ... #83986 10/21/02 12:58 AM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 13 T troubador stranger troubador stranger T Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 13 Raven, don't worry about the loons. They'd never be able to perch on the bust of Pallas Quite right, Wordwind. A loon would never do. The raven and the bust are perfect for one another as Poe himself explains: "I made the bird alight on the bust of Pallas, also for the effect of contrast between the marble and the plumage,- it being understood that the bust was absolutely suggested by the bird; the bust of Pallas being chosen, first as most in keeping with the scholarship of the lover, and secondly, for the sonorousness of the word Pallas itself." The Philosophy of Composition, E.A. Poe Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Tripping off the tongue ... #83987 10/21/02 02:07 AM Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13 British Columbia Q quoththeraven OP stranger OP quoththeraven stranger Q Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13 British Columbia Dear WWH, Ah! I see you are keen of eye and quick of finger to spot my "typo" so quickly. BUT ... I purposely mispelled the word to see how sharp the AWAD users are out there and, I must congratulate you. You passed. Bravo! Okay, there was another reason I did that. I thought it would score me some quick responses. I was right. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Tripping off the tongue ... #83988 10/21/02 02:12 AM Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13 British Columbia Q quoththeraven OP stranger OP quoththeraven stranger Q Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13 British Columbia Pee Ess: TrippingLY-shmippingLY. :) I'm a fan of the bard too but along with aping the greats I enjoy paraphrasing them once in awhile also. Ah, blissful artistic liberty! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Tripping off the tongue ... #83989 10/21/02 02:15 AM Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13 British Columbia Q quoththeraven OP stranger OP quoththeraven stranger Q Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13 British Columbia Hello Wordwind, "Quotidian" - niiiice. :) Do you use this word daily? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Tripping off the tongue ... #83990 10/21/02 02:17 AM Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13 British Columbia Q quoththeraven OP stranger OP quoththeraven stranger Q Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13 British Columbia My Dearest Troubador, You're either whismy or against me. I typo-ed it on purpose just to see if anyone would catch it and a few did including you. I salute your gifted editing eye my fellow word-monger. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 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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