#98707
03/14/2003 6:35 PM
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Starting with vexillology: there are a number of words from same root.
velarize
vt.
3ized#, 3iz#ing Phonet. to modify the pronunciation of (a sound) by having the back of the tongue raised toward the velum during articulation
ve#lar[i[za4tion
n.
velate
adj.
5L velatus, pp. of velare, to cover: for IE base see VEIL6 having a velum
Not from velum
velitation
n.
5L velitatio < velitatus, pp. of velitari, to skirmish < velites, VELITES6 a hostile encounter; skirmish or dispute
velites
n.pl.
5L, pl. of veles (gen. velitis), akin to velox, swift & vehere, to carry: see WAY6 in ancient Rome, lightly armed foot soldiers
vellicate
vt., vi.
3cat#ed, 3cat#ing 5L vellicatus, pp. of vellicare, to twitch, pinch < vellere, to pluck < IE base *wel3, to tear, pluck out > OE w+l, battlefield6 [Now Rare] to twitch, pluck, etc.
vel#li[ca4tion
n.
Prolepsis (Noun)
Pronunciation: [pro-'lep-sis]
Definition 1: Today's word is about bringing the future into the present not with technology but through language. "Prolepsis" means: (1) the presentation of a future potentiality as an accomplished fact, (2) a response to criticism in advance of hearing it, and (3) placing a redundant descriptive phrase, that refers to a term in the middle of the sentence, at the head of the sentence.r
Resile (Verb)
Pronunciation: [ree-'zIl]
Definition 1: Retract to an original position; draw back from or withdraw after having second thoughts.
Usage 1: The adjective from today's word, "resilient" [ri-'zil-yênt] and the noun, "resiliency," are far more widely used than their long-lost father, today's word itself. Yet this verb remains a vibrant member of the English lexical cast, still performing in some English-speaking regions. Rubber bands are resilient because they resile after being stretched. Humans tend to resile from disruptive tragedies.
Nephelococcygia (Noun)
Pronunciation: [ne-fê-lê-kak-'si-jee-yê ]
Definition 1: (Literally, "Cloudcuckoosville") Interpreting the shapes of clouds.
Definition 2: La-la land, a dream land cut off from reality.
Vindemiate (Verb)
Pronunciation: [vin-'dem-i-yeyt]
Definition 1: To vintage (gather) grapes or pick other fruit.
Sevetal of these words were taken from a word list at”
http://yourdictionary.com/cgi-bin/wotd.cgi?word=vindemiate
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#98708
03/14/2003 7:12 PM
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dear dr. bill,
do you have any particular criteria in mind when you post a bunch of words?
just wonderin',
-joe friday
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#98709
03/14/2003 9:33 PM
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Only the hope that some members might find them interesting.
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#98710
03/14/2003 10:33 PM
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In reply to:
velarize
Seeing the velarize made me begn to hear an old song I haven't heard in a long time. I have no idea what the real words were, but the monkey tells me they were:
"Velaray! Oh-oh!
Consuah-lay! Oh-oh-oh-oh!
?????????????????????
???????????????
???????????????
Velaray! Oh-oh!
Consuah-lay! Oh-oh-oh-oh!"
Can someone puh-lease unscramble this musical riddle that the damned monkey in my brain is grinning about?
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#98711
03/14/2003 10:59 PM
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Volare oh oh
Cantare oh oh oh oh
Nel blu di pinto (or something like that)
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#98712
03/14/2003 11:29 PM
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Thanks, Faldage. Google provided this: "Sometimes the world is a valley of heartaches and tears and in the hustle and bustle of sunshine appears but you and I have a love always there to remind us there is a way we can leave all the shadows behind us VOLARE OHO CANTARE OHOHOHO LET'S FLY WAY UP TO THE CLOUDS AWAY FROM THE NOISENING CROWDS WE CAN SING IN THE GLOW OF A STAR THAT I KNOW ALL WE LOVERS ENJOY PEACE OF MIND LET US LEAVE IN CONFUSION AND ALL DISSILUSION BEHIND JUST LIKE BIRDS ON A WIRE AND THE RAINBOW TOGETHER WE'LLFIND VOLARE OHO CANTARE OHOHOHO
NEL BLU DI PINTO DI BLU
FELICE DISTARE LASSU
E VOLAVO VOLAVO FELICE PIUN ALTO
E SOLE DANCORA DIL SU
NEN TIL MONDO PIAGIANO SPARIVO LONTANO LA GIU
UNA MUSICA GOCIA SONJAVO SOLTANTO PER MEVOLARE OHO CANTARE OHOHOHO NO WONDER MY HAPPY HEART SING YOUR LOVE HAS GIVEN ME WINGS NEL BLU DI PINTO DI BLU FELICE DISTARE LASSU NO WONDER MY HAPPY HEART SING YOUR LOVE HAS GIVEN ME WINGS" ...by the Gypsy Kings? Wish Emanuela would translate the Italian... *Edit Note: Sorry about all caps, but that's the way the lyrics appeared on the page I copied and I'm too lazy to go back and put in small town letters. 
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#98713
03/16/2003 12:12 AM
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...Nel blu, dipinto de blu...
...hit song recorded by Domenico Modugno, Spring/Summer 1961
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