tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post6941553997082959683..comments2024-01-21T02:58:08.208-05:00Comments on On the Main Line: For the Dictionary that has everything.Mississippi Fred MacDowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-613086175226917812012-06-05T10:12:11.110-04:002012-06-05T10:12:11.110-04:00Who knew? I thought it was a hyena. :-)Who knew? I thought it was a hyena. :-)Abul Bannatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-67623071286903381232012-06-05T09:11:25.039-04:002012-06-05T09:11:25.039-04:00That one had to have come from the madman.
DFThat one had to have come from the madman.<br /><br />DFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-41897785420201311302012-06-04T23:22:30.558-04:002012-06-04T23:22:30.558-04:00Dr. Kaplan : serendipity.
Phil, thanks for the li...Dr. Kaplan : serendipity.<br /><br />Phil, thanks for the listening recommendation!<br /><br />My favorite wild dictionary word has to be "taghmical," which made it to the OED on the strength of one 1698 book called "The Taghmical Art ; or, the Art of Expounding Scripture by the points usually called Accents, but are really Tactical." The author invented the English word "Taghmical," built out of the Hebrew word for the accents, טעמים.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-90945390423897798972012-06-04T22:26:16.084-04:002012-06-04T22:26:16.084-04:00Totally off topic, but I wanted to share this befo...Totally off topic, but I wanted to share this before I forgot:<br />http://www.wimp.com/codexarchimedes/<br />In this "Ted" talk, the speaker talks about an ancient manuscript of Archimedes, and how it was saved and deciphered.<br />I think you'll find it fascinating.Philnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-86687327849952348892012-06-04T21:45:37.356-04:002012-06-04T21:45:37.356-04:00And I thought http://www.merriam-webster.com/dicti...And I thought http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tohubohu was interesting.Philnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-2290844174099139982012-06-04T21:31:52.338-04:002012-06-04T21:31:52.338-04:00Fascinating. How in world did you find this?Fascinating. How in world did you find this?Lawrence Kaplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11336211451924368332noreply@blogger.com