by Dwane | Sep 22, 2014 | Latin, Vocabulary
Reintarnation – to come back in another life as a hillbilly. From Latin re (back), in (in; on) and tarnation (the favorite phrase of Yosemite Sam).
by Dwane | Sep 20, 2014 | English, Greek, Vocabulary
Acantha: In botany, a prickle; in zoology, a spine or prickly fin. Acantha, in Greek mythology, was a beautiful nymph. Apollo fell in love with her. She resisted his advances. While pushing him away, she scratched his face. In anger, he turned her into a prickly...
by Dwane | Sep 20, 2014 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Acupuncture: a jab well done; a form of medicine that pricks the skin with needles to alleviate pain. I find Noah Webster’s old definition interesting. “Among the Chinese, a surgical operation, performed by pricking the part affected with a needle.” From Latin Latin...
by Dwane | Sep 20, 2014 | Education, Latin, ScreenCasts, Visual Latin
For those memorizing the complicated Latin endings, here is my favorite group of nouns… the Third...
by Dwane | Sep 19, 2014 | Education, English
Fascinating article by John-Erik Jordan, a writer over at Babble languages. 139 Old Norse Words That Invaded The English Language When I say “Old English” what comes to mind? The ornate, hard-to-read script? Reading Beowulf in your high school English class? The kinds...
