by Dwane | Jan 12, 2017 | Vocabulary
As I blog my way through my study of Italian, I am considering bring the “Word of the Day” back. For several years, I posted consistently. Then, in the craziness that was for me 2016, I dropped the ball. But, I miss it. I am going to attempt to resurrect...
by Dwane | Jan 5, 2017 | Vocabulary
I received this question: I have a few of questions about Beyond Word Up: Is it in the same format as Word Up? How many lessons are there? Since it’s not a live class, do you have to sign up for a year or just a couple months? Here is my reply: No....
by Dwane | Dec 7, 2016 | Education, Greek, Italian, Vocabulary
A few days ago, one of my kids reminded me of Babadum. How do I forget this stuff? I used to use Babadum. Then I forgot about it. Now it’s back. I am no big fan of flashcards. But, if the flashcards help you with pronunciation, I am a big fan. Babadum is a...
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...
by Dwane | Apr 4, 2016 | Education, Greek, Latin, Vocabulary
If you are not in one of my current online classes, feel free to ignore this blog. It feels good to ignore unimportant stuff. I can help you feel good. If you are in one of my current online classes, this message is for you. Well, snap. It has happened. What I...
