tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045565.post115225175262939109..comments2023-09-30T03:57:11.799-05:00Comments on ahistoricality: Lost WordsAhistoricalityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004964192885891003noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045565.post-19587318443969005412009-06-19T15:19:17.904-05:002009-06-19T15:19:17.904-05:00Very interesting blog.
Now I know how to measure...Very interesting blog. <br /><br />Now I know how to measure the pain in my heart that my doctor and even the cardiologist cannot defined or diagnosed after some strings and series of cardiac tests. <br /><br />Maybe I should recommend to them to get an Odynometer instrument. I almost become an Uglyographer with my odynometer mispelt as odonymeter. Geee....<br /><br />Bring back the old values!<br /><br />Thanks a lot!Indayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03591131757572208375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045565.post-86010715408046324262009-03-19T17:15:00.000-05:002009-03-19T17:15:00.000-05:00One I don't see on this list (maybe doesn't count ...One I don't see on this list (maybe doesn't count as a "lost" word, but certainly an uncommon one currently):<BR/><BR/>Lucubrate: In modern terms, to pull an all-nighter (the more historically accurate definition is to stay up late working by candlelight)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045565.post-1153103189403650132006-07-16T21:26:00.000-05:002006-07-16T21:26:00.000-05:00Thanks! And you're right.Quibbleism and uglyograph...Thanks! And you're right.<BR/><BR/>Quibbleism and uglyography are probably going to be the easiest to revive. I don't <I>talk</I> about reality TV enough to make agonarch a credible threat. I could work schismarch into my lectures, probably, and vampirarchy into my letters-to-the-editor....Ahistoricalityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04004964192885891003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045565.post-1153100102831372752006-07-16T20:35:00.000-05:002006-07-16T20:35:00.000-05:00Great sample sentences. The next stage is to pick ...Great sample sentences. The next stage is to pick just a couple of your favorite lost words, or even just one (as painful as that may be) and start using it as much as possible in an attempt to revive it from the dead.Roy Bermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02404504492160833658noreply@blogger.com