tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215722.post7326288488141575553..comments2023-10-20T08:19:58.650-05:00Comments on Scottius Maximus: New SocietyScottius Maximushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05497918826005463738noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215722.post-72653188512265137612007-11-19T05:44:00.000-06:002007-11-19T05:44:00.000-06:00TK!I'm not saying eliminate words. Or change thei...TK!<BR/><BR/>I'm not saying eliminate words. Or change their spelling. Just pronounce them like they're written. Except for 'an'.Scottius Maximushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497918826005463738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215722.post-86111763237025107572007-11-18T12:09:00.000-06:002007-11-18T12:09:00.000-06:00OK, I guess I can't join this club. One thing I r...OK, I guess I can't join this club. One thing I really love is words. I love to learn how very old many words are and how their meanings changed over the years. For example... <BR/><BR/>Gourmet: 1820, from French gourmet, altered (by influence of Middle French gourmant "glutton") from Old French grommes "wine-tasters, wine merchant's servants," of uncertain origin.<BR/><BR/>Champagne: 1664, from Champagne, former province in n.w. France, name meaning "open country" (see camp). Originally any wine from this region, focused to modern meaning late 18th century.<BR/><BR/>Herb: c.1290, erbe, from Old French erbe, from Latin herba "grass, herb." Refashioned after Latin since 15th century., but the h- was mute until 19th century. Herbaceous is from 1646.<BR/><BR/>I'll go along with doughnut, though. That's a pretty uncreative word.TKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001307408814480998noreply@blogger.com