by Dwane | Jul 28, 2017 | Education, English, Vocabulary
Years ago, I think in Surprised by Joy, I read about the English education of C.S. Lewis. Unfortunately, Evernote didn’t exist at the time. As a result, I can’t source what I am about to say. Anyway, at some point, and somewhere, I read about the...
by Dwane | Jul 25, 2017 | Education, English
Lately, I’ve been tinkering around with Old English. This is something I have wanted to learn for a long time. I’ll be reviewing a book I’ve been reading on the subject this coming Friday. Meanwhile, pronunciation has been a bit of a problem for me....
by Dwane | Aug 9, 2016 | English, Latin
I received this inquiry: Hello, Mr. Thomas:) This year I will be attending Lingua Latina 2 and I had a quick question about the schedule. My mom sent me the purchase receipt from the class and the link in the email said that classes would be at 10:00-10:55 pm. I went...
by Dwane | Jun 28, 2016 | English
Ah. Now it all makes sense. https://youtu.be/EkpS-yBj7gY
by Dwane | Apr 27, 2016 | Education, English, Vocabulary
In class yesterday, we looked at the Greek word for fear, phobia. There are, of course, so many English words derived from this Greek word. This one, though, I found particularly fascinating. Toxicophobia: the fear of poison; A morbid fear of poisons, or the fear of...
by Dwane | Apr 26, 2016 | Education, English, Vocabulary
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia: fear of long words. 🙂 From hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian, an extension of sesquipedalian with monstrum (monster) and a misspelled form of hippopotamus. The hippo and monstro part were added to exaggerate the length of the word...
