ɾaˈβ̞e.a] (caraway), from the Arabic كَرَاوِيَا‎ (karāwiyā, caraway) [source].
This adventure was inspired by a friend who sent me a collection of ‘useful’ phrases from the Welsh course on Duolingo concerning Owen and his parsnips.
I also write about etymology, and other language-related topics, on the Omniglot Blog.
Today we are looking at the word enigmatic [ˌen.ɪɡˈmæt.ɪk/ˌɛnɪɡˈmætɪk], a mysterious, puzzling, perplexing and inscrutable word that defies description.
Definition: “mysterious and impossible to understand completely” [source]. Or,“resembling an enigma, or a puzzling occurrence, situation, statement, person, etc.; perplexing; mysterious” [source].
It comes from enigma (riddle; sth/sb puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable), from the Latin aenigma [ae̯ˈniɡ.ma] (riddle, allegory), from the Ancient Greek αἴνιγμα [ˈɛ.niɣ.ma] (riddle, taunt, ambush) from αἶνος [ˈɛ.nos] (story, fable, praise) [source], which is posibly the root of the name Αἰνείας / Aenēās, the trojan hero of the Aeneid, and legendary ancestor of Romans [source].
In Modern Greek αίνιγμα [ˈɛniɣma] means a riddle, puzzle or enigma, αινιγματικός [ɛniɣmatiˈkɔs] means enigmatic, mysterious, inscrutable, and αινιγματικότητα (ainigmatikótita) means obscurity.
In this episode I talk about punctuation, focusing particularly on the history and development of punctuation, and some of the people involved.
Today we are looking at the origins of the word music, which is something that is quite important to me as I like to sing, play various musical instruments, and to write songs and tunes.
Music comes from the Middle English word musyke [ˈmiu̯ziːk], which was borrowed from the Anglo-Norman musik/musike, which came from the Old French musique [myˈzikə], from the Latin mūsica [ˈmuː.si.ka].
This was borrowed from the Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ) [moː.si.kɛ̌ː], which means ‘music, poetry or art’, and comes from Μοῦσα (Moûs – Muse), inspirational Ancient Greek goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. Of uncertain origin, possibly from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (to think).
Other words from the same Greek root include Muse, museum and mosaic.
In Old English the word for music (and also joy, frenzy and ecstasy) was drēam [dræ͜ɑːm], from the Proto-West Germanic *draum (dream), from the Proto-Germanic *draumaz [ˈdrɑu̯.mɑz] (dream), from the Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (to deceive, injure, damage). The word dream comes from the same root.
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On today’s adventure we are looking at the origins of the word clock, as today is the day when clocks are put forward an hour, at least here in the UK.
So as we leave Greenwich Mean Time and sail off into British Summer time – appropriately it’s lovely wet and windy day – let us consider the clock, a device for measuring and indicating the time.
The word clock comes from the Middle Dutch clocke (bell, clock), from the Old Northern French cloque (bell), from the Medieval Latin clocca (bell), probably from a Gaulish word, from the Proto-Celtic *klokkos (bell), which is either onomatopeic, or from the Proto-Indo-European *klek (to laugh or cackle). From the same root we get the Welsh cloch (bell, prize, feat, clock) and related words in other Celtic languages.
These pictures are of before and after the artists How and Nosm painted the wall at the Little Theater in just 18 hours on July 21-22nd.﻿ Thank you to Chris Hogan Roy for taking these pictures and for giving permission to share them here, and to Jess Myers for sending them my way.
Photo credits: Chris Hogan Roy.
The Wall \ Therapy website has a map to help you find all of their murals around Rochester.Track/Mix Promotion Special Offer
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I just powered it up and it looks like it is working!! I'm very excited. I don't have it in it's permanent place yet, but plan to do that over the weekend.Thank you! When you mentioned punching bag, this is exactly what I am to her.

I get that my parents fucked up in the past, but it's not my fault and I certainly shouldn't be the one attacked. I did nothing but be so loving and helpful and supportive to her through all of her ups and downs. She's always been a bitch here and there, but things got worse when I got engaged and she literally made it her mission to ruin me... on the daily would be an understatement. I was in tears the whole time. Now that I'm divorced (out of a bad relationship) and cut her out of my life, I can finally breathe!When you choose an Inspiration in BoldGrid, the site will be full of sample data. You will naturally want to edit the content to reflect your own purpose, whether it is an informational site or a business site. This tutorial gives you basic instructions on how to edit your pages using the BoldGridPost and Page Builder.
Next, click on the Pages option from the left-hand sidebar and then clock on All Pages.
Be sure you are in the Visual mode and not the Text mode. You can change the mode in the upper right corner of the BoldGrid Post and Page Builder area.
From here, we will demonstrate how to edit columns, rows, or specific elements within a column-row.
Open the BoldGrid Post and Page Builder as described above.
Place your mouse cursor into the column you wish to edit. You will see a blue drag handle appear at the top of the current column.
To move the column, click and hold on the directional button of the drag handle. Then, drag your column to the desired location on the page.
Takes you to the Insert Media page to insert images and other content.
Deletes the contents of the current column, leaving it blank.
Delete the current row and all its contents.
Allows you to add a form to your column.
First open the BoldGrid Post and Page Builder as described above.
Hover into the row you wish to edit. You will see a yellow drag handle appear on the right side of the row.
To move the row, click and hold on the directional button. Then, drag your row up or down the page.
If you wish to edit the specific content of the row, click the edit button of the yellow drag handle. This will present a menu allowing you various options.
Allows you to select from a pre-made layout and insert it above the current row.
Select the current row to be nested.
Deletes the contents of the current row, leaving it blank.
Place your mouse cursor over the element you wish to edit. You will see a red drag handle appear to the left of the current column.
To move the element, click and hold on the directional button of the drag handle. Then, drag the element to the desired location on the page.
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