http://faerye.net/tag/english+majorPosts tagged with "english major" - Faerye Net2006-10-10T13:25:12+00:00Felicity Shouldershttp://faerye.net/http://faerye.net/post/these-are-a-few-words-i-can-never-remember-part-iThese are a few words I can never remember, Part I2006-10-10T13:25:12+00:002008-06-08T13:03:38+00:00<p>There are words — useful words, impressive words — that I have learned a dozen times and continue to forget. Sometimes I only half-forget them, but the result is the same. I must look them up to be certain of their meanings and attendant implications. Here is today’s:</p>
<p><b><a href="http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?sourceid=Mozilla-search&va=ontological" target="links">ontological</a></b>: to do with theories about the nature of being or what exists and the metaphysics appertaining thereto; or “relating to or based upon being or existence”.</p>
<p>You mightn’t think this word comes up a lot; but you mightn’t be an English major then. Many of my never-rememberable words are in the field.</p>