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John William Tuohy lives in Washington DC
Lost
“We construct a narrative for ourselves, and that’s the
thread that we follow from one day to the next. People who disintegrate as
personalities are the ones who lose that thread” Paul Auster
By seeking and blundering we learn.
By seeking and blundering we
learn.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, noted smart person
"Filch"
"Filch" derives from the Middle English word "filchen" ("to attack" or "to steal") and perhaps from Old English "gefylce" ("band of men, troop, army"). As a noun, "filch" once referred to a hooked staff used by thieves to snatch articles out of windows and from similar places, but this use is now obsolete.
Words
Behest first appeared
in 12th century Old English as "behǽs," which is formed from the
prefix "be-" and the Old English verb "hātan" ("to command"
or "to promise"). While "behest" was originally used only
in the sense of "promise," it acquired the additional sense of
"command" among speakers of Middle English. Among contemporary
English speakers, "behest" is no longer used in the sense of "promise"
but rather denotes an authoritative or urgent request or command. Old English
"hātan" also gave English the now-archaic words "hest"
(meaning "command") and "hight" ("being called or
named").
Words and stuff
Ruck: From Old Norse hrukka (wrinkle, fold). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sker- (to turn or bend), which is also the source of ranch, rank, shrink, circle, circa, crisp, corolla, search, ring, curb, ridge, curve, corolla, and coronary.
"Writhe"
wound its way to English from the Old English verb "wrīthan" ("to twist") and is
akin to the Old English verb "wrigian" ("to turn or go").
"Wrigian" gave us our words "wriggle," "awry,"
and "wry."
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Vivacious
Vivacious
means "full of life," it can be traced back to the Latin verb
"vivere," meaning "to live." The word was created around
the mid-17th century using the Latin adjective "vivax," meaning
"long-lived, vigorous, or high-spirited." Other descendants of
"vivere" in English include "survive," "revive,"
and "victual"—all of which came to life during the 15th century—and
"vivid" and "convivial," both of which surfaced around the
same time as "vivacious." Somewhat surprisingly, the word
"live" is not related; it comes to us from the Old English word
"libban."
I love this stuff
Midriff. The "riff" in "midriff"
comes from Old English "hrif" ("belly, womb").
"Hrif" is akin to Old High German "href" ("womb")
and probably also to Latin "corpus" ("body").
Your success and happiness lies in you.
Your
success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you
shall form an invincible host against difficulties. Helen Keller.
Time to break out the Christmas stuff
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Santa McClaus.
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