by Ralph
on March 24, 2010
- Image by numbphoto – Color mad via Flickr
I have a thing for words. I like the sounds and the way they contort your mouth and tongue when you say them. I spent a whole post on flibbertigibbet recently but you don’t stumble over wonderful words everyday. Most people avoid words of more than two syllables so you aren’t likely to get much inspiration from talking to your friends and neighbors. You have to watch Masterpiece Theatre or Merchant and Ivory movies or read Dickens or Thackery.
Today, however, I discovered a treasure trove of tongue tickling words, 37 of them and I want to share. Some of them are only so so but you have to applaud the effort. I will share one of two of the best just as a teaser to make sure that you check them all out. What do you think of pusillanimous or maybe rapscallion.
Head on over for some fun. Make your mouth happy.
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by Ralph
on March 23, 2010
No original thinking here.
If I had to rename my blog while trying to give it a descriptive name, I would choose ‘Borrowed Wisdom” I do hope that wisdom is part of this blog but I do know that the wisdom I possess was produced by others. I merely borrow it and pass it along to my readers. I have never had an original thought in my life. My mission is to find wisdom anywhere I can. Sometimes I am aware of the source and in those cases I am happy make the attribution. Most of the time, however, I either can’t remember where I found the thought or worse tell myself that I originated it. It is great that those ideas pop into my head and they are a great help in running my life and my business but after long experience I always discover that the ideas predate me and someone else deserves credit.
Sharing is good
If I deserve credit for anything, it is the filtering of information and winnowing out the good ideas from the less good. I know I don’t get that 100% right but I think my instincts are pretty good at telling the difference. Sometimes it takes me a while to get things right but when I do, my mission is to share my discovery hoping to save someone else from having to do it.
What I’ve borrowed lately
I love it when someone saves me the trouble of discovering something. Like Dave Doolin advising me to start using Google Docs to simplify my management of information on multiple computers. And Carlos telling me how to get back in the good graces of CommentLuv.
What have you borrowed?
What wisdom have you borrowed lately? Who has saved you time and trouble and deserves your appreciation for making life simpler? Use the comments to give them credit.
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