root canal
i've been doing some vocabulary building lately. a few thoughts regarding why root words need to be uprooted:
* ambi means both sides, or around. dext means right hand, or right side. ambidextrous is defined as 'able to use both hands equally well.' my uneasiness in this definition lies within the fact that the left hand receives zero recognition (unless rous means left hand, or left side and someone has forgotten to inform me.) this definition clearly is un-ambi.
* i understand that the root word liber can mean free when referring to words such as liberate, liberal, and is only one letter away from our friend Napoleon Dynamite's favorite lion-tiger crossed animal, the liger. my qualm stems from the freedoms in the African country of liberia, which means "land of the free." did you know that academic freedoms are restricted? as are women's freedoms, independent media freedoms, economic freedoms, religious freedoms, societal group freedoms, and government freedoms? something isn't right here.
* being quasi-familiar with the spanish language, i am aware that fum is the root word for smoke (fumar = to smoke en espanol.). but what about when the vikings are up 16-12 with 3:25 remaining in the fourth quarter, and butters mcbutterson fumbles the ball on our 37-yard line, resulting in a touchdown and a loss. does that mean i can smoke out the vikings offensive team for last weekend's fumbilicious play?
* cyn is supposedly the root word for dog; i have often been called cynical. just because i distrust or disparage the motives of others does not mean i bark.
i can acknowledge that roots are not applicable to all words, but i can still enjoy misinterpreting and twisting them.
* ambi means both sides, or around. dext means right hand, or right side. ambidextrous is defined as 'able to use both hands equally well.' my uneasiness in this definition lies within the fact that the left hand receives zero recognition (unless rous means left hand, or left side and someone has forgotten to inform me.) this definition clearly is un-ambi.
* i understand that the root word liber can mean free when referring to words such as liberate, liberal, and is only one letter away from our friend Napoleon Dynamite's favorite lion-tiger crossed animal, the liger. my qualm stems from the freedoms in the African country of liberia, which means "land of the free." did you know that academic freedoms are restricted? as are women's freedoms, independent media freedoms, economic freedoms, religious freedoms, societal group freedoms, and government freedoms? something isn't right here.
* being quasi-familiar with the spanish language, i am aware that fum is the root word for smoke (fumar = to smoke en espanol.). but what about when the vikings are up 16-12 with 3:25 remaining in the fourth quarter, and butters mcbutterson fumbles the ball on our 37-yard line, resulting in a touchdown and a loss. does that mean i can smoke out the vikings offensive team for last weekend's fumbilicious play?
* cyn is supposedly the root word for dog; i have often been called cynical. just because i distrust or disparage the motives of others does not mean i bark.
i can acknowledge that roots are not applicable to all words, but i can still enjoy misinterpreting and twisting them.
posted by jodi.2 at 3:21 AM
7 Comments:
kopfschmerz . . . you confused me
ha, ha, ha.... thanks for that educational lesson!
You're not having a root canal, are you? Hopefully it was purely just practicing your vocabulary skills - which ROCK, btw!
have a great tuesday!!!!!
You get an 'A' from me.
Kai and I must think alike because I was wondering about root canals too! Hah!!!!
Coincidently, I was talking about root words in my searching electronic databases class last week. But what I had to say was not half as entertaining was what you had to say, Jodi!
Onto a totally different kind of root ... Root beer kinda tastes like toothpaste
you never cease to amaze me ms jedi jodi. you think about the most random shit. i love it.
OYO....is the root for OYO.OLE!
Hee hee..
BESOS!
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