Campanology’s an eminently pure topic
Of which what I know’s microscopic.
But I do like the ringing,
When the bells are all singing.
My melancholy’s been blown off like a rocket.
Day: November 23, 2015
Campanology
1.campanology – ( ) The study of bells or of bell ringing
2.campanology
ˌkampəˈnɒlədʒi/
noun
noun: campanology
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the art or practice of bell-ringing.
Origin
mid 19th century: from modern Latin campanologia, from late Latin campana ‘bell’.
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A wonderful bird is the vertigo
A wonderful bird is the Vertigo
Its head goes where its toes should go.
So if it is swollen
We could take it bowling.
For it goes where no other birds go.
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Vertigo is from the Latin
If I wore these boots I’d get vertigo
vertigo
From dictionary.com
[vur-ti-goh]
Spell Syllables
[ver-tij–uh-neez] (Show IPA).Pathology.
1.
a dizzying sensation of tilting within stable surroundings or of being intilting or spinning surroundings.
Examples from the Web for vertigoExpand
Contemporary Examples
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With mountain warfare I get vertigo and parachuting I get vertigo.
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Movie buffs have commented endlessly on the bell-tower sequence invertigo.
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In vertigo there’s a strange cut in the first bell-tower sequence.
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Impossibly, even through thick glass, I felt a twinge of vertigo.
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Almodovar has always been a fan of Hitchcock, but this time, he goes absolutely Psycho (and vertigo).
Historical Examples
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Doubtless, there are hours of vertigo from which we may look for every thing, even the impossible; and, who knows?
The Uprising of a Great People Count Agnor de Gasparin -
Dick Boobitrapp is a kidnapper and a confederate of vertigo.
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Mankind is lashed to a vertigo of folly and evil by the assurance of impunity, feeling certain, Oh, God of justice!
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She cowered within the chair as one stricken with a vertigo.
Making People Happy Thompson Buchanan -
Mryna felt a twist of vertigo as the shuttle shifted from conventional speed into a time warp.
How my heart sings 