Wild Word Friday! I’ve always considered potato chips and popcorn to be the quintessential snack food of the ages. A bit of research turns up the fact that although popcorn has been around for a while, thanks to the Native peoples of North and South America, PRETZELs are a much older snack food than potato…
Wild Word Friday! A few years also, a friend of mine attended her granddaughter’s kindergarten graduation. During the ceremony, each child had a mini interview. The question asked was “What do you want to be when you grow up.” My friend’s granddaughter answered, “A princess,” which made the audience laugh and the girl’s mother groan….
Wild Word Friday! In the spring, if you drive out into the country, you may see them in the ditches and the fields. I’m talking about those large bunches of showy yellow flowers that we call marsh marigolds or COWSLIPS. I’m told that in the British Isles COWSLIPS are a similar flower to those we see…
Wild Word Friday! I participate in a bluegrass/country musicgroup. Each Saturday afternoon we meet for a jam session. I play the mandolin and dulcimer and the baglama, which is a Greek stringed instrument. Lest you be too impressed, please understand that I don’t play any of these instruments well. Not at all. My husband plays the…
A few weeks ago my friend Trish asked where I find the words and information for Wild Word Fridays. I’m no expert on words, but I’ve found an abundant number of resources concerning words. In no particular order, I usually find my Wild Words from one or more of these sources: 1. Dictionaries. My office is full…
Wild Word Friday! CHURCH, a wild word? Well sometimes. When I was six years old, my mother told me that I had been mispronouncing the word CHURCH. It was not turch, it was CHURCH and I was old enough to say it correctly. “CHURCH?” I said. “It can’t be CHURCH. Everybody says turch.” “No, Sue…
Wild Word Friday! Do you remember those days when you wiggled and poked and prodded at that loose MILK TOOTH until finally, finally it came out? That night you put it under your pillow, and the next morning the tooth was gone. In its place was a dime or a quarter, depending on the tooth fairy’s mood and pocketbook….
Wild Word Friday! Yes, really, HELEMUTHODOPILATAHA is a word. I think we might agree that it is the wildest wild word we’ve yet featured on our Wild Word Fridays. HELEMUTHODOPILATAHA is one way you would say the number seven if you were speaking in the language of the Wilo people who live in the Amazon basin. Now…
Wild Word Friday! April 1 – April’s Fool’s Day. I’m not sure that this “holiday” is recognized anywhere else in the world, but in the U.S. it’s a great excuse to pull pranks and launch practical jokes. I’m not much into pranks, and practical jokes always seem to backfire, so instead, let’s take a little time to…
Wild Word Friday! Sometimes a word is pure poetry. Take DAYBREAK for example – isn’t that just a great word? And here’s the best news. English isn’t the only language to use a poetic word to depict that first daily glimpse of sun. The Sanskrit word for dawn means having become light. Russian and Polish words for DAYBREAK refer…
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