http://faerye.net/post/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-words-part-vi 2003-12-12T10:44:04+00:00 http://faerye.net/post/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-words-part-vi#comment-820 2003-12-12T10:44:04+00:00 2003-12-12T10:44:04+00:00 <p>One of the things I miss most about college&#8212;at college, by virtue of our IP address we could get the OED online :)</p> felicity http://faerye.net/post/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-words-part-vi#comment-818 2003-12-12T09:22:12+00:00 2003-12-12T09:22:12+00:00 <p>Thank you very. O&#8217; the blessed OED. Of course, I would want the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0195218884/ref=lpr_g_2/102-8809244-5472950?v=glance&#38;s=books">electronic version</a>, just like Webster&#8217;s, my trusty companion, always ready in a background task, just waiting to clarify a meaning for me or verify a spelling whenever I need it. It makes English as a second language more bearable, for sure. :o)</p> GreyStork http://faerye.net/post/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-words-part-vi#comment-817 2003-12-12T09:01:06+00:00 2003-12-12T09:01:06+00:00 <p>My friend was out there, but did not care to post:</p><blockquote><p>Quite right about the origins of putative: tho&#8217; the adj. putativus (from which I suppose you could say the modern English is drawn) is a later Latin accretion first appearing in the aggressive Christian apologist Tertullian (see http://www.tertullian.org/works.htm ).</p> <p> According to the blessed OED, puny is the phonetic spelling of the more proper puisne (which means the same, but &#8220;now only in legal use&#8221; &#8211; hooked on euphonics?)</p> <p> Impugn: impugno, -are, etc.</p></blockquote><p>And there you have it.</p> felicity http://faerye.net/post/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-words-part-vi#comment-815 2003-12-11T23:36:24+00:00 2003-12-11T23:36:24+00:00 <p>Wouldn&#8217;t we all? :o)</p> GreyStork http://faerye.net/post/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-words-part-vi#comment-813 2003-12-11T16:00:07+00:00 2003-12-11T16:00:07+00:00 <p>I&#8217;d really prefer <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0198611862/ref=rm_item">this</a>.</p> felicity http://faerye.net/post/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-words-part-vi#comment-812 2003-12-09T16:10:03+00:00 2003-12-09T16:10:03+00:00 <p>Perhaps you need Santa to bring you <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0444409300/qid=1071014910//ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i0_xgl14/102-8809244-5472950?v=glance&#38;s=books&#38;n=507846">this</a>?</p> GreyStork http://faerye.net/post/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-words-part-vi#comment-811 2003-12-09T08:14:05+00:00 2003-12-09T08:14:05+00:00 <p>If my friend who&#8217;s getting a grad degree in Classics is out there, maybe she can enlighten us further :p <em><strong>Suddenly worries about whether she&#8217;s correct about puto, putare and putative</strong></em></p> felicity http://faerye.net/post/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-words-part-vi#comment-810 2003-12-09T08:12:46+00:00 2003-12-09T08:12:46+00:00 <p>And <b>impugn</b> for that matter. I don&#8217;t think they&#8217;re etymologically related, though. Putative is from <em>puto, putare, putavi, putatum</em>: to reckon, suppose, judge, think, imagine.</p> felicity http://faerye.net/post/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-words-part-vi#comment-809 2003-12-08T19:32:51+00:00 2003-12-08T19:32:51+00:00 <p>It was interesting to observe how, upon reading this article, I found myself in posession of a never before seen association between the words <b>putative</b> and <b>puny</b>. How odd&#8230;</p> GreyStork