Gavin the Great (my 2 year old grandson) loves Pooh.
His dad and mum are reading
The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne to him.
This week the newest addition to his word-hoard is:
Since he prefixes every sentence with a string of staccato “no” s
in the sense of wait-wait-wait, it comes out like this:
No, no, no, no-no (pause) POOH (pause) EATS (pause ) HONEY.
I declare, it is as much fun to watch him learn to talk
as it was to watch him learn to walk.
Here are some new-to-me words I’ve come across this week. Check out Seasonal Soundings’ fabulous Wednesday Word entry.
nugatory trifling, insignificant
scutage a tax paid in lieu of military service in feudal times
tendentious having or showing a definite tendency or bias
acedia spiritual torpor and apathy; ennui
metempsychosis transmigration of the soul
contumacious stubbornly perverse or rebellious
Old English poetry and its word pictures.
Do you notice the space in the middle?
It’s called a caesura, which means
a pause in a line of verse. These lines
are from St. Andrew’s Voyage to Mermedonia.
Sage of counsel he began to speak
Wise of wit he unlocked his word-hoard
Your turn….do you have a word, new or not that delights you?
Please, unlock your word-hoard in the comments!
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