Monday, June 27, 2005

Wordy nerdy

I always wondered if there was a word to describe that wonderful first rain earthy smell. Well, I guess there is! Courtesy - archives from Wordsmith

Petrichor (PET-ri-kuhr) noun
The pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell.
[From petro- (rock), from Greek petros (stone) + ichor (the fluid that is supposed to flow in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology). Coined by researchers I.J. Bear and R.G. Thomas.]

On second thoughts, I find the word a bit ugly for such a lovely smell

This morning, while reading the am news I came across the word "Gadzooks". How wonderful it is to use archaic words which not only shows emotion of some sort but also causes grins. Some of the elderly expletives just can't be topped. Egad! Zounds! Eureka! I'm more than a little bit sorry that these words have fallen into disuse.

The current #$%#$%@! fad of punctuating every !@#!@#&&#@# few words with an oath does not amuse me anymore. I tune out or turn the page, and I'm guilty of mentally dismissing the speaker or writer as someone who desperately needs to expand his vocabulary. And if you feel that this is judgmental of me, then a pox on you ;-)
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