Saturday, April 21, 2007
(Another) Sentence of The Month: April
Got an wonderfully supportive Email this morning. The sender, one of the more unique people I got to know recently, wrote about being fraught with a certain emotion.
Fraught - a new word for me, and a very good one.
So, wanting to use it cleverly in my reply, I asked The JohnnyB about the noun from which this word stems.
"There is no noun", exclaimed the JohnnyB. "You just say 'fraught with fear'". (*)
"And you keep complaining that Hebrew is a weird language?!?", I reprimanded.
"Well", came the quick answer, "Y'see, WE do not have that many words for fear!!".
Eh . . .
(*) I know, it doesn't have to be fear. I do not account to The JohnnyB's English..
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Labels: Languages, Profoundness, Sentence of The Month, Wonders of The JohnnyB
# posted by Nava @ 7:23 AM 
Comments:
Yev on the right track.
And yes, I'm not an expert on English - I'm an engineer, you're happy I know any non-technical words more than 2 syllables.
Babylon, the software we have on our computers so *YOU* can translate stuff back and forth between Hebrew and English, says fraught is based on a Scottish word for load / cargo / freight.
And, it also says the noun of fraught it fraught.
[Ctrl]+[Right Click]
But then you wouldn't have another sentence of the month.
But you would have been on time this morning for WackieM's workshop.
Cool website for you (and me).
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=fraught&searchmode=none
# posted by 
: 4/21/2007 8:18 PM
"we do not have that many words for fear"
say what Johnnyb?
I picture you two having this conversation and it makes me laugh...
:)
# posted by : 4/22/2007 1:41 PM
Oh yes, Rhonda, The JohnnyB's remark cracked me. That's why I just had to have a second 'Sentence of The Month'.
Ah - froth. Our walls are painted with a paint named "Cream Froth". Looks like whipping cram, and definitely delicious.
I wanna get that job, that you sit in an office, look at a certain color and need to come up with a name for it.
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And yes, I'm not an expert on English - I'm an engineer, you're happy I know any non-technical words more than 2 syllables.
Babylon, the software we have on our computers so *YOU* can translate stuff back and forth between Hebrew and English, says fraught is based on a Scottish word for load / cargo / freight.
And, it also says the noun of fraught it fraught.
[Ctrl]+[Right Click]
But then you wouldn't have another sentence of the month.
But you would have been on time this morning for WackieM's workshop.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=fraught&searchmode=none
# posted by : 4/21/2007 8:18 PM
: 4/21/2007 8:18 PM say what Johnnyb?
I picture you two having this conversation and it makes me laugh...
:)
# posted by : 4/22/2007 1:41 PM
: 4/22/2007 1:41 PM I wanna get that job, that you sit in an office, look at a certain color and need to come up with a name for it.
