Funny, Interesting, Unusual English Words -- Like Sardoodledom

fear

one of the four basic emotions which include joy, anger, and sorrow

When a boy grows into a man, he doesn’t just become bigger in his body; his responsibilities grow too. He may love me now, and he may have only the best intentions, but I must be on guard. He belongs to his family, and his intentions don’t matter because he’s a slave to his family obligations. He can’t simply make personal choices for himself like ordinary people.

So if he says he loves me, I should be wise enough to see past his words and not give in to his seductive talk and surrender to his greedy hands. I must watch out and keep my love under control, and not let myself become a target of his lust. Worms ruin flowers before they blossom. Baby blooms are most susceptible to disease. So I’ll be careful. Fear will keep me safe.

-- advice from my brother in No Fear Shakespeare
 
fear

one of the four basic emotions which include joy, anger, and sorrow

When a boy grows into a man, he doesn’t just become bigger in his body; his responsibilities grow too. He may love me now, and he may have only the best intentions, but I must be on guard. He belongs to his family, and his intentions don’t matter because he’s a slave to his family obligations. He can’t simply make personal choices for himself like ordinary people.

So if he says he loves me, I should be wise enough to see past his words and not give in to his seductive talk and surrender to his greedy hands. I must watch out and keep my love under control, and not let myself become a target of his lust. Worms ruin flowers before they blossom. Baby blooms are most susceptible to disease. So I’ll be careful. Fear will keep me safe.

-- advice from my brother in No Fear Shakespeare

I read a book about emotions. I don't remember the title. It said something about the two kinds of fear: greed, the fear of not gaining and anxiety, the fear of loss. Greed has a sort of negative connotation, so maybe I should say diligence, the fear of not gaining. In the sentence, "fear will keep me safe," I cannot decide if the fear is diligence or anxiety.

If anyone is interested, and even if none are interested, I'll be gone for the next three days.
 
I read a book about emotions. I don't remember the title. It said something about the two kinds of fear: greed, the fear of not gaining and anxiety, the fear of loss. Greed has a sort of negative connotation, so maybe I should say diligence, the fear of not gaining. In the sentence, "fear will keep me safe," I cannot decide if the fear is diligence or anxiety.

If anyone is interested, and even if none are interested, I'll be gone for the next three days.
Safe travels :)
 
Me too I used to go to a folk event where one of the regulars played one but I've not heard one played live in over 15 years. Going back even further, I remember our folk club booking Jim Couza. He was quite an amazing player.


My great grandmother had a dulcimer, but it must have been a decoration more that it was a musical instrument. If I had known how beautiful it can sound, I would have kept it when Gramps carted her furniture to the thrift store. It sounds very much like a piano, and I can understand how musicians must have wanted more control over the sound, which led to the invention of the piano.
 
theologoumenon (plural theologoumena) - A theological statement which is of individual opinion and not doctrine.

I’m full of theologoumena. You could even say that I am full of it. :)
 
Drifting a little abut does anyone else here do cryptic crosswords? I usually (when they were going, I did complete an Araucaria a couple of times but I usually regard that standard as too hard for me and they take me ages if I get there at all) only do the easy ones in our local papers and I find them fun.

What I'm thinking of is the ways they can use words:

"The flower of London" could be the Thames (flower meaning something that flows and the River Thames being the main river in London).

"A redhead" might mean the letter "r".

Something "in a rush" might signify the answer starts with "r", ends with "d" and has two other letter "e"s in it, eg. "re----ed". Perhaps similarly, "a gin cocktail" probably means the answer ends "ing".

"A wicked light" could be a candle (which has a wick).
 
More on hoary and grizzed

In the KJV, Genesis 31:10- ... the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

Gisled or grizzled sometimes means as spotted.

The KJV uses the phrase, hoary head, to mean aged.

Rams leaping on cattle seems strange. I have no idea what that means
 
I well remember Mr. Williams, headmaster in some of my primary school days, telling people who kept spouting off "this and that" that they suffered from "verbal diarrhoea".

Sometimes I can be such a ditz. When I read this the first time, I did not see the connection.

theologoumenon - verbal diarrhea

I confess. That is me, but I do have a defense. In school when we answer questions, we get more points for writing more facts. So maybe I should stop writing before I start running off at the mouth, aka verbal diarrhea.

:)
 
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