Day: February 16, 2016

And so it was transfated

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Just go by the sound!

Vous me fait donc schlumpe;
Vous me fait sentir si glumpe.
Elle me fais, il y a des cloches à Schwunge
Enfer à brhung lunge
Et un poumon woenderful à Thunge.

Vous êtes juste un cocker alter;
En bas, dans la vieille doekker glosse
Vous me faites crissement être rimé
Je’aspire à un Signe, maligne vuenderfifle
Et un vieux bedde essen divine

Je suis autobrat non; animaux non, j;’ai a la tete.
La montagne, oy vey.
Youpi yappee yay.
Quel jour.Je sais blunderful aujourdui.

Mein Mutter Olden est kranke
Mein Olden Daddie est Swanke.
Esperanto aucune façon!
Européens  y restent.
Lehitraoat, Mutter,
Kranky vieille guttere.
Sie is mal de simple
Dreck n’est pas tout à fait un jurer.
Il ya rubbische partout?
Ils clamme le zéro de l’inflation.
Aleph null.mein héros.

Je n’ ai pas loike votre tarte;
Il n’y a pas de pomme dans son Harte.
Venez à mes Zands et emplay moi avec les handes.
Il y a toute weary muzak …
Nous tolérons aucun feares.
Dankeschön zie unt ende de l’ici-dessus.

When doubts and drawbacks struggle in the mind

When doubts and drawbacks struggle in the mind
And certainty seems but a demon dream,
When the faith to love is what no-one can find
For even when asleep, the mind still schemes.

When darkness and defeat seem close at hand
And lights dim even as we pray for peace
when wrecks and ruins rile the native sands
When in this life we feel we’ve lost our place…

Then, at the saddest depth we see the light
Surrounding with such warmth, with love adorned.
The path that seemed so wrong now leads us right
And in our hearts, warm feelings are newborn

Within each storm ,there is a calm still eye.
From there we see the fiercest clouds blown by.

Languages

A bird that you set free may be caught again, but a word that escapes your lips will not return.
Read more at http://quotes.yourdictionary.com/articles/funny-jewish-sayings.html#a10GrSrLmJOQuYiw.99

 

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My husband is a maven with words

And ravens are frightening black birds.

I had quite a glitch

When he took me for a witch

Oy,vey I am banned  so he heard.

 

Mein mutter spoke Dutch now and then

It was double as she garbled men.

She was never a goy.

Nor was she a buoy.

She’s  so  shrewish  that I   became Zen.

 

Arthur didn’t have much chutzpah when

I met him in  his Oxford  den.

But now he’s quite famous

For an ignoramus.

I should have wed him  as  he was a man.

 

What kitsch fills my home, do you think?

How about this striped kitchen sink?

I prefer white ones

But my husband  took  aeons

So , in the end , we took  this one in pink.

 

Do you like objets trouves?

I found one inside the duvet.

It was my ex-partner’s   rocket

Plugged into a socket

It shot me so now I am gay.

 

Don’t believe what I say  to be true.

I’d never tell a white lie to you.

But not much is precisely

What we say concisely.

And I am a white parvenu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can we use a prefix whenever we like?

 

 

Clematis koreana Purple Rain_12-2 [800x600]Is discretion a valuable trait?

Is secrecy guaranteed to pay?

For baring the soul

Is un-good on the whole.

For it brings a bad end to the day.

 

Un-good is not a real word.

A -good is  neither, I heard.

So a prefix  should be checked

The usage inspect

The goodly are fine when they’re paired.

 

 

Prefix and suffix tables

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http://www.enchantedlearning.com/grammar/prefixsuffix/

Prefix
A prefix is a group of letters placed before the root of a word. For example, the word “unhappy” consists of the prefix “un-” [which means “not”] combined with the root (stem) word “happy”; the word “unhappy” means “not happy.”A Short List of Prefixes:

PREFIX MEANING EXAMPLES
de- from, down, away reverse, opposite decode, decrease
dis- not, opposite, reverse, away disagree, disappear
ex- out of, away from, lacking, former exhale, explosion
il- not illegal, illogical
im- not, without impossible, improper
in- not, without inaction, invisible
mis- bad, wrong mislead, misplace
non- not nonfiction, nonsense
pre- before prefix, prehistory
pro- for, forward, before proactive, profess, program
re- again, back react, reappear
un- against, not, opposite undo, unequal, unusual
Suffix
A suffix is a group of letters placed after the root of a word. For example, the word flavorless consists of the root word “flavor” combined with the suffix “-less” [which means “without”]; the word “flavorless” means “having no flavor.”A Short List of Suffixes:

SUFFIX MEANING EXAMPLES
-able able to, having the quality of comfortable, portable
-al relating to annual, comical
-er comparative bigger, stronger
-est superlative strongest, tiniest
-ful full of beautiful, grateful
-ible forming an adjective reversible, terrible
-ily forming an adverb eerily, happily, lazily
-ing denoting an action, a material, or a gerund acting, showing
-less without, not affected by friendless, tireless
-ly forming an adjective clearly, hourly
-ness denoting a state or condition kindness, wilderness
-y full of, denoting a condition, or a diminutive glory, messy, victory,

Prefix and Suffix Activities and Worksheets

Stan was polishing the door knocker with Duraglit.

Mary was upstairs working at her desk reading an article on algebraic numbers and sorting out her post.

She got an instant message from a former colleague in the math Department.

Hi,Mary. how are you?

I’m fine, Tim.How are you?

Well,I really miss the department!

I’m sorry.

Actually Mary, it’s you I miss.

But you hardly ever spoke to me.

No, but iI looked at you.You are very beautiful.

Well, you are very handsome,yourself

You know what I’d like?

No.

I’d like a photo of you in your underwear.

I haven’t got any photos

Can’t you get some?

Well, I suppose i could use my webcam and photograph my top half.

Oh. how nice!

Then I guess I could sit on the photocopier and photograph my bottom
but I don’t think I can do them both at once.

How about you go to a pool in a bikini

I don’t wear a bikini.

I don’t mind if you are nude!

Well,I am a bit startled by this.I thought all we shared was an interest in quadratic forms and Euclidean post-structuralism.

Well, I’ve moved on to your form, Mary.

Really; do you know I have a mild type of  Asperger’s Syndrome?

I thought he looked lonely.

Do you know him?

Not in the Biblical sense! Just to speak to.

I thought he was dead.

Not at all…he’s turned into a parrot.Meanwhile how about some minimalist photos?

No, you’ll have to meet me in Cafe Zero.

Which one?

In Knittingham.

Will I recognize you by the bikini?

Why do you like bikinis so much?

I’ll see what my therapist thinks.

I want to know what you think.

I love you, Mary.

Well, since Stan has Annie I guess I can have coffee with you.

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Then we can discuss Platonic forms.

While I look at your form.

Is that my Health Form?

No, your bodily form.

I have no body now!

What happened?

I’ve been downloaded into the new computer.

I thought your voice sounded odd.

Shall I email myself as an attachment to you?

I’d like to think about that.

Well.goodbye Tim.

Goodbye, you little minx.

A minx…whatever next?

Bring me your minx ,dill, dilly

Bring me your inks

when I’m in love, dilly, dilly,

I ache for those links.

Watercolour love

Like watercolour pictures left out in the rain

Our colours have mingled,

yet the originals still remain

Two watercolour paintings without frames,

Became one picture over time,

Yet two of us still there.

Our colours blended naturally,

Now all the hues are shared.

I love your colours intermixed with mine;

Together they have made a new design.

A Watercolour picture enhanced by the rain.

We may go, but our Watercolor Love shall long remain

And people looked like watercolour flies

The morning  sun still low in winter  sky

Made brilliant light with darker shadows thrown.

And  people looked like watercolour flies

As ,  nonchalant ,through the  shopping mall they roamed.

 

So here we see in colours black and white

We do not see the usual shades and  hues.

And so inside our mind, a too great light

May prejudice our judgement  and our views.

 

We learn to understand by metaphors.

As did our unthought ancestors before.

Jesus was our  Shepherd   and neighbour

We were sheep not wolves with slavering jaws

 

 

What we see depends upon the light.
And , where we stand and when , invites the sight

 

 

 

 

Septolet #2

 

Do read the very good post from Bushka below.

Truth, Ruefully, Beckoned helplessly, From across embarrassed room; Deceit, Cunningly, Averted his shameless eyes. ©Meanderings 2016

Source: Septolet #2

When ‘inevitable’ isn’t inevitable

From Merriam Webster… which words are being looked up the most

Trend Watch

 

http://www.merriam-webster.com/trend-watch/evitable-2016-02-09

 

Evitable

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When it spiked

February 9, 2016

Why

Lookups for evitable, the little known cousin of inevitable, increased following its use in an article in the BBC News Magazine.

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Clinton’s rise—and Trump’s downfall—were both supposed to be inevitable. But ‘evitable’ is also a word.

The magazine wrote:

Hillary is a seasoned, pragmatic, centre-left candidate. Her nomination by the Democratic Party was supposed to be inevitable. But it turns out that “evitable” is a real word in the English language. I checked the dictionary. We should start using it. (P. J. O’Rourke, BBC News Magazine, February 9, 2016)

Evitable is indeed a word (it means “capable of being avoided”), and it is included in many dictionaries, although it is considerably less known than its opposite, inevitable. Both words come from the Latin word of evitare (meaning “to avoid”), and inevitable, or unavoidable, is the older of the two (it has been in use since the 14th century, whereas the earliest known use of evitable is from 1502).

It is unclear why one of these words has seen considerable use over the past five hundred years, while the other has languished in relative obscurity. But this is the second time within the past month that evitable has been in the news. It appeared in a headline to an article in The Wall Street Journal on January 24th of 2016: “Is Hillary ‘Evitable’ Again?” Journalists appear to have a strong inclination to apply the word to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, as both of these candidates have seen the word applied to them in the past year on numerous occasions.

It has dawned on the Republican presidential field that Donald Trump’s inevitable self-destruction might be, gulp, evitable. (The Washington Post, August 21, 2015)

Evitable; Trump and Clinton can be beaten. (Manchester Union Leader, February 3, 2016)

Think about it: Hillary Clinton’s “inevitability” is once again proving evitable, but not because of a classically eloquent senator with the chance of healing the nation, at least somewhat, by becoming its first African-American president. (Rocky Mountain Telegram, October 14, 2015)

It is always possible that the word could make a comeback. Just don’t ask us whether such a thing is inevitable.

Please meet my eyes

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face-to-face

The face to face encounter and its ethical meaning/implications is at the heart of  the philosopher Emanuel  Levinas‘ thought.Just today I was thinking  about some events in my life which could  illustrate this.

A few months ago I went into a coffee shop and found myself just behind an ex-colleague whom  I regard [note the word] as a friend.I could see her husband sitting at the back of the cafe.She did mutter ,Hello, but  instead of  meeting me eye to eye and  saying,”my husband wants us  to be alone”,she went through an elaborate pantomime of mime indicating rejection or keep a distance…which was unpleasant.I would  have been much happier with a straightforward look and a few words.

Today I had a similar event.I met a woman who used to be my physiotherapist , again in a queue.She looked at me full on and greeted me  with pleasure.As she picked up  her tray she asked me to join her and her husband plus a grandchild.We had a pleasant time,But if she had said, we are with our family,or whatever, that would have been fine too.because she looked at me.

I am not saying the first woman ought to have done that.But what interests me is the lack of a willingness to “meet” me with her gaze.I  am entirely happy if people wish to be alone whilst the have coffee but I prefer them to say so.

Some individuals with autism are almost unable to make eye contact…. and this is because others are not real to  them,If we are near someone who will not meet our eyes,it can convey the same feeling.On the other hand, everyone has off days and so I feel no anger, just a discomfort as this woman is very articulate and highly educated.I think  perhaps her husband is quite controlling.Maybe he felt unwell.

So this made me think about Levinas whom I have read a little of but I find it difficult as I am not trained in philosophy and about Martin Buber‘s  I and Thou

There is also an expression, ”he looked right through me” which is also a negative way of facing someone.And also, cutting someone dead.This is a metaphor, of course.Perhaps once people did die if their whole tribe rejected them. So essentially not looking at someone is a form of killing them as you imply they are not part  of society.Like not responding  to someone verbally or in writing.You are saying, You do not exist.

This shows us that  a philosopher can write about something which has application in everyday life.Indeed, that is where philosophy must have originated I imagine… what is of value.

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