Word

on Mar 22nd 2001, 02:07:31, Natasha Jordan wrote the following about

word

Think how much acceptance Mary showed when she said:

»Let it be done to me according to thy word.«

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And how much courage.

The >>Word of the Day<< today over at dictionary.com is >>oblation<<.

>>Oblation<< comes from the past participle form of the Latin verb* >>offerre<< meaning >>to bring<<.

So, an oblation is an offering or a gift.

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* A Latin verb is traditionally cited by giving four forms, in this case: offero, offerre, obtuli, oblatum.

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Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

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 – Horace (65-8 B.C.)
 – Epistles, bk. I, epistle xviii, l. 71

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We shall never understand one another until we reduce the language to seven words.

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 – Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)
 – Sand and Foam [1926]

Without another word spoken on either side, the lodger took from his great trunk, a kind of temple, shining as of polished silver, and placed it carefully on the table.

»Therefore« is a word the poet must not know.

(Andre Gide)

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Words are like leaves; and where they most abound,
Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.

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 – Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
 – An Essay on Criticism [1711], pt. II, l. 109

'Right again, quite right,' said Mr Swiveller, 'caution is the word, and caution is the act.'

Words derive their meaning from the surrounding words, just as human beings derive their meaning from interacting with other humans around them.

Think how much acceptance Mary showed when she said:

»Let it be done to me according to thy word.«

My favourite word in the English language is »language«. However, if you gave me a slightly larger set of words to choose from I might have more difficulty expressing a preference.

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

(Mark Twain)

A word has the power to define, to bind, to create, to destroy. Truely, a poet has power undreamt of by kings.

And then some more words come along and a paragraph is born.