tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229116074975538397.post7736599798285413885..comments2023-12-30T08:56:43.315-08:00Comments on Language Scraps: Do we keep track of what our words meanTorben Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04898308267210987998noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229116074975538397.post-51340627500530114162008-09-05T19:46:00.000-07:002008-09-05T19:46:00.000-07:00I looked up the meaning for the word a few years a...I looked up the meaning for the word a few years ago after i read the first issue of this comic book "Runaways" This thread just reminded me of the exchange one of the characters, Gert, has with her parents.<BR/><BR/>Gert: If you guys are so obsessed with helping the poor, why won't you let me join the socialist club?<BR/><BR/>Mum: Gertrude, as we discussed, while capitalism may be the unequal distribution of wealth, socialism is the equal distribution of poverty.<BR/><BR/>Dad: And you're only a sophmore in high school, Gert. Theres a reason they call you kids "Wise Fools."<BR/><BR/>Gert: Actually, thats a fake etymology dad. "Sophmore" is derived from "Sophist." It has no direct correlation to the greek word for "fool"...as any fool would know.<BR/><BR/>Dad: Do other parents have to deal with this?<BR/><BR/><BR/>Always amused me.Lozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00527542987865178002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229116074975538397.post-7137479486873258542008-09-05T11:13:00.000-07:002008-09-05T11:13:00.000-07:00I love the way words come to mean things, often co...I love the way words come to mean things, often contradictory. Alex has a couple of great poems where he moves from a word to a synonym and from there to another synonym and so on. After a while he gets to a meaning just the opposite of where he started. I bet you could get from Sophist to Prophet in that way. Or from truth to falsehood. Or from Jorgen to Leanne.Scott Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01782322856303315648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229116074975538397.post-12775554681940663752008-09-05T10:05:00.000-07:002008-09-05T10:05:00.000-07:00Any educator who believes his/her way of thinking ...Any educator who believes his/her way of thinking is the right way, and believes any differing view is less, is insane!<BR/><BR/>It is a dillusion, and can be a god complex if someone thinks they are that wise. There are medications for that condition.armycoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18065501596195315306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229116074975538397.post-35888743274354424532008-09-05T08:19:00.000-07:002008-09-05T08:19:00.000-07:00Jorgen, you rock!Jorgen, you rock!LeAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09430506681671548503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229116074975538397.post-44700883729012772212008-09-04T20:44:00.000-07:002008-09-04T20:44:00.000-07:00I'm going to go ahead and label myself as a Sophis...I'm going to go ahead and label myself as a Sophist. I think all of those descriptions define me to a T (or maybe to a O?). Either way. I'm now a Sophist.Jorgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05717319863790729107noreply@blogger.com