Word of the day

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Sun May 07, 2006 10:58 am

cj wrote:
J.R. wrote:
englishangel wrote:Summitted, Summitted, SUMMITTED, SUMMITTED

AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHHH

http://www.chassociation.org/news/index.php#56

Looks like you've reached the PEAK of your exasperation, Mary !!
You can't go further to top that. The CHA ought to provide an apogee for their word-bastardisation or it may culminate in protest.

to be fair I don't think it is from the CHA I think it is from the Cancer Care (or whomever) website

FrogBoxed · Post by **FrogBoxed** » Sun May 07, 2006 4:10 pm

englishangel wrote:
cj wrote:
J.R. wrote:
Looks like you've reached the PEAK of your exasperation, Mary !!
You can't go further to top that. The CHA ought to provide an apogee for their word-bastardisation or it may culminate in protest.
to be fair I don't think it is from the CHA I think it is from the Cancer Care (or whomever) website

I cringed when I added that news article, but Mary's right, it's an email newsletter from the support team, not the CHA's words and I baulk at altering other people's press releases, etc...

cj · Post by cj » Sun May 07, 2006 10:48 pm

I wasn't apportioning blame anywhere - I just had to get in the word apogee.

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Mon May 08, 2006 8:18 am

Today's word:

tenter

â€¢ noun - a framework on which fabric can be held taut for drying or other treatment during manufacture.

â€” origin Middle English: from medieval Latin tentorium.

Mrs C. · Post by **Mrs C.** » Mon May 08, 2006 9:08 am

as in "on tenterhooks" presumably

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Mon May 08, 2006 9:15 am

Mrs C. wrote:as in "on tenterhooks" presumably

Correct!

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Mon May 08, 2006 10:19 am

A bit of midwifery here.

The membrane across the base of the brain is called the tentorium. (tent-shaped)

The blood supply to the brain runs through it and often if a baby (especially a pre-term one) is delivered badly and bleeds into the brain it is becasue there is a tentorial tear.

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Mon May 08, 2006 12:25 pm

englishangel wrote:A bit of midwifery here.

The membrane across the base of the brain is called the tentorium. (tent-shaped)

The blood supply to the brain runs through it and often if a baby (especially a pre-term one) is delivered badly and bleeds into the brain it is becasue there is a tentorial tear.

Does the N.H.S. have to CANVAS for surgeouns to repair the damage ???

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Tue May 09, 2006 2:47 pm

sortition

â€¢ noun [mass noun] - the action of selecting or determining something by the casting or drawing of lots.

â€” origin late 16th cent.: from Latin sortitio(n-), from sortire â€˜divide or obtain by lotâ€™.

Hmmm, the latin noun sounds like a minor character from 'Up Pompeii' (once again!).

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Tue May 23, 2006 4:08 pm

Sorry, I've been neglecting this thread lately....

meronym

â€¢ noun Linguistics - a term which denotes part of something but which is used to refer to the whole of it, e.g. faces when used to mean people in "I see several familiar faces present".

â€” derivatives

meronymy noun.

â€” origin from Greek meros â€˜partâ€™ + onuma â€˜nameâ€™.

Rory · Post by **Rory** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:02 am

Talking of meronymy,

It has a second meaning -

An Old Blue could be a meronym - if you're talking about OB's that have sadly passed away and current pupils of the school, then as I understand it Old Blues are meronyms.

Or - if you have three pints of beer one evening - is the second one a meronym???

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:09 am

And further.........

I used to do business with a bloke in Japan whose surname was Onuma.

A Japanese surname which means 'name' in Greek. Very odd.

Exiled_in_Rome · Post by **Exiled_in_Rome** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:12 am

...and when it comes to names, it strikes me as quite remarkable that in english, the country name "Turkey" denotes a bird too, and is the only country that has a name that is also a bird.. and that in Portuguese (and Spanish)... the country name for Turkey means nothing but the name for the country, whereas the name Peru also denotes.. yep, you've guessed it.. a turkey....

not as concise as Onuma but still..

Rory · Post by **Rory** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:38 am

The Canaries???

DavebytheSea · Post by **DavebytheSea** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:49 am

Exiled_in_Rome wrote:...and when it comes to names, it strikes me as quite remarkable that in english, the country name "Turkey" denotes a bird too, and is the only country that has a name that is also a bird.. and that in Portuguese (and Spanish)... the country name for Turkey means nothing but the name for the country, whereas the name Peru also denotes.. yep, you've guessed it.. a turkey....

not as concise as Onuma but still..

What about Crowashia?