Today is being declared as OK Day by the author of a new book about the word OK. The word OK was first published on March 23, 1839. It is a fanciful acronym for the intentionally misspelled ‘oll korrect.’ Really. You can learn about OK Day suggested activities at the Facebook page.
1. Oh Well, Okay – Elliot Smith
2. Is This Sound Okay? – Coconut Records
3. Is It Okay if I Call You Mine? – Sondre Lerche
4. Pony (It’s OK) – Erin McCarley
5. It’s Ok – Dead Moon
6. Luna Lovegood is OK – Harry and the Potters
7. Oklahoma – Oklahoma!
8. Everything’s Okay – Hank Williams
9. It’s OK – Cee-Lo Green
10. Ok/No Way – Mission of Burma
11. (OK Go)
March 23, 2011
in Books,classic,Etymology,etymonline,holiday,Music,OK Go,Playlists,short list,thanks john
1. auburn
2. decanter (I spelled it wrong)
Shameful. Unacceptable. Thankfully, the gods sent a trivia quiz about Portland, and backlit with a halo, Joe the Portland Tour Guide smashed that shit up. I ended up $6 richer, and that’s pretty good for a terrible night, spelling-wise. Thanks, Joe.
March 22, 2011
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I have written or presented about this topic at least 3 times in school, and it still amuses the hell out of me. I have distilled it down to 5 words, but I just found a paper that lists the whole 10, and I think it’s worth recording these down while the information still bubbles and frolicks around for me when I talk about it.
1. Fabular
-Spanish is one of the Romance languages which means it comes from Latin. Other Romance languages include French, Italian, Romanian, Catalan, and Portuguese, unfortunately.
-Fabular means ‘to tell a tale,’ which has morphed over the years to become the verb hablar, to speak. There are many words which begin with ‘f’ in Latin that changed to ‘h’ in modern Spanish. Exceptions are words with a diphthong after the ‘f’ like fuente (fountain), fuerza (force), and fuego (fire). [and then suddenly…]
March 21, 2011
in arabic,basque,best list ever,best post ever,diphthong,Etymology,history of language,IPA,izquierda,left-handedness,not basque,old-timey,patronyms,phonological constraints,spanish,Words & Origins,zurda
Hey!
Every Wednesday morning starting around 9:30am, @Wordnik gives out clues for a secret word on wordnik.com that has a pronounciation by “hap_e_wordnik” (see screen shot below). They give out 3 or 4 clues, each of which describes a different definition that the uncommon or obsolete word has. As soon as someone gets the right word, the game ends. If no one gets it by the end of the clues, they give a *BONUS CLUE* which usually has quotations around letters, meaning the word is an anagram of those letters.
[and then suddenly…]
March 16, 2011
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Fennel’s Figure Math (CD-ROM) (McGraw Hill Home Interactive)
The Neverhood (CD-ROM) (The Neverhood)
The Lost Mind of Dr. Brain (CD-ROM) (Sierra On-Line)
The Time Warp of Dr. Brain (CD-ROM) (Sierra On-Line)
Secret of Monkey Island series (CD-ROM) (Lucasfilm Games)
You Don’t Know Jack series (CD-ROM) (Jellyvision / Berkeley Systems)
[and then suddenly…]
March 14, 2011
in Autobiographical,iToca,littlebig planet,n64,neverhood,nintendo,video games
1. Cupid’s Span by Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen. San Francisco, CA.
2. Stravinsky Fountain by Jean Tingueley & Niki de Saint Phalle. Paris, France.
3. “Defenestration” by Brian Goggin. San Francisco, CA.
4. Book Burning Monument by Micha Ullman. Berlin, Germany.
March 14, 2011
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1. Punches – World Leader Pretend
2. Cough Drops – Terry Scott Taylor (Neverhood soundtrack)
3. Skat Radio – Terry Scott Taylor (Neverhood soundtrack)
4. Let Me Clear My Throat – DJ Kool
5. We Trying To Stay Alive – Wyclef Jean
March 10, 2011
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