tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585199145085310155.post4312074168882339261..comments2023-09-19T21:33:01.707+10:00Comments on Gleeful: A timely postJaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08031245139089119281noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585199145085310155.post-63510449131794151422012-11-21T23:36:40.310+11:002012-11-21T23:36:40.310+11:00Mrs Byrne was a serendipitous find at the Abbotsfo...Mrs Byrne was a serendipitous find at the Abbotsford Salvos, and cost me all of $3. Some enterprising soul has re-released it under a slightly different <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Word-Lovers-Dictionary-Unusual-Preposterous/dp/0806517204" rel="nofollow">name</a>. It is your basic abecedarian list of words, and doesn't have etymologies, but it more than compensates for that through sheer interestingness.<br /><br />I bought it partly because of her biography; a concert pianist who wrote a dictionary in her spare time, she was the daughter of a famous violinist, and married a novelist/billiard player... I do hope someone makes a movie of her life. <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrne_(author)#Personal_lifemissjanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12743868006995532322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585199145085310155.post-55602090171512410332012-11-21T20:39:53.636+11:002012-11-21T20:39:53.636+11:00Hi miss jane. Feel free to use the star words. No ...Hi miss jane. Feel free to use the star words. No need to ask. Happy to facilitate the spread of unusual words. <br /><br />Where did you get your Mrs Byrne book from? Sounds interesting. <br /><br />And thanks for sharing the word for putting off something to the day after tomorrow. Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08031245139089119281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585199145085310155.post-85806883121160630512012-11-19T21:24:19.329+11:002012-11-19T21:24:19.329+11:00P.S. the 'day after tomorrow' word is pere...P.S. the 'day after tomorrow' word is perendinate. missjanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12743868006995532322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585199145085310155.post-29868018610695367622012-11-19T21:23:39.643+11:002012-11-19T21:23:39.643+11:00That's gorgeous! I'm glad AWIP could help ...That's gorgeous! I'm glad AWIP could help with pannychous; I tried a few different searches in the OED but couldn't find anything, which, it turns out, is because it's not there. It is in my Mrs Byrne's... though, which is a source book for any number of other word books. <br /><br />Would you mind if I borrowed a couple of these at some point? I'm particularly fond of those star words. missjanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12743868006995532322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585199145085310155.post-74509364151759477442012-11-19T20:27:56.234+11:002012-11-19T20:27:56.234+11:00Hi Emily. Thanks for stopping by. I hadn't hea...Hi Emily. Thanks for stopping by. I hadn't heard about the push to get "oxt" into the language. I wonder why they chose "oxt"? <br /><br />I think it's a bit silly and superfluous really. The one coming up is this weekend and the one after that is next weekend. <br /><br />If, however, it is merely an attempt to get a word into the dictionary, then I wish the oxters well. (Hee...oxter is an Irish/Scottish/Northen English word for armpit.)<br /><br />Hey AWIP. Der, me. Google probably asked me if that's what I mean, but I ignored its helpful suggestion. Sorry, Google. And thank you. You get a gold star. <br />Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08031245139089119281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585199145085310155.post-53736334355810994222012-11-19T17:44:40.926+11:002012-11-19T17:44:40.926+11:00it's *pannychous* that maybe why you couldn...it's *pannychous* that maybe why you couldn't find it, and it means something that lasts all night ;) Heh.a work in progresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14203814468458158440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585199145085310155.post-30402191073714682322012-11-19T09:12:33.304+11:002012-11-19T09:12:33.304+11:00Great list! What do you think of people trying to ...Great list! What do you think of people trying to get the word "oxt" into common usage? An example is oxt Tuesday, and it means the Tuesday after the one coming up. It's meant to clarify which day a person is referring to, because sometimes there's confusion when I say "Next Tuesday." Do I mean the next one coming up, or the one AFTER the one coming up? There are so many variables to take into account when trying to figure out which one, so it's much more clear to say "This Tuesday" being the next one coming up, and "Oxt Tuesday" being not the next one but the one after that. See also <a href="http://oxtweekend.com/" rel="nofollow">oxtweekend.com</a> :)Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08823046258207750981noreply@blogger.com