books in the running brooks….
I subscribe to A Word A Day, published by Anu Garg and delivered to your mailbox five days a week. Each day you get a new word, often esoteric, with definition, the best etymoligies and derivations I’ve ever seen (he takes it back through ancient Greek to Indo-European roots quite often, or Sanskrit or whatever…cool!). Anyway, he gives the definition, usage in a contemporary text (today’s quotation was from an Aussie newspaper), and a Thought for today. I often like the “thought” best of all…here is today’s:
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY (Jan. 20, 2009):
And this our life, exempt from public haunt, / Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, / Sermons in stones, and good in everything. -William Shakespeare, playwright and poet (1564-1616)
You can find Anu’s website at www.wordsmith.org and AWAD here. It’s free. And interesting!
January 29th, 2009 at 10:31 am
Thanks for the word-a-day link. I signed up for it. I used to subscribe to another one but I stopped. After awhile, they were repeating words and I got bored with it. I like the layout of this one and the information they provide. Again, thanks for the link.
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January 31st, 2009 at 9:16 am
Couldn’t resist signing on to Word a Day. I love word derivations and history — so many have changed meaning over the years! The thoughts for the day (really neat quotations) look good too. Thanks for the link.
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