Friday Five: Lotus Links
- What’s your favorite word? See 300+ favourites at the Guardian book blog. Mine might be the two I used to mispronounce since I learned them only while reading: epitome and misled
- Lazy Lotus (via Jenny Diski) recommends a peek at Lazy Library, where you can find books on any topic without having to worry about high page counts. If it's over 200 pages, you won't even see it.
- “All domination begins by prohibiting language” -- Roland Barthes. “The American Constitution has never greatly bothered any wartime President” -- Francis Biddle, American lawyer. Find more of the latest Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations’ bitter appetizers of modern life, via the Independent.
- What would your action figure come with? See Jane Austen’s, mine, Patricia Wood’s and more at Easy Writer. You can even add your own.
2 comments:
I have lots of favourite words - they have to roll off your tongue - able to be tasted and felt. But one stands out - spiflicate. It does all the above but I had no idea what it meant until I was about 15. I and my siblings thought it was made up - by our Dad who always threatened us with dire spiflication if we ever played up.
Thanks for stopping by and for this great word! Feel free to add more on the word-dedicated post, Limn This Word:
http://www.literarylotus.com/2007/09/limn-this-word.html
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