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.

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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]

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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

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

Words beginning with the »sn« sound in English are often unpleasant: snide, snob, snigger, sneer, snicker, snub, snert, snotty, snippy, snit, snarl, snore, sneak, snag. »Snow« is a word over which there is debate and even an annual change of heart. The first snowfall is almost always welcomed. Christmas snow is considered magical. But too much of a good thing for too long and March blizzards push »snow« into line with the rest of the »sn« words.

Rotor is a fine palindrome, thought Frank Leigh Dearie as he ambled down the Lost Highway.

Words are like prodigies. They may want to stay inside where it is safe and warm but they'll never live if they never play outside...and find themselves lost in the cold.

What I feel for you,
I can't put in words,
language won't hold
my desire.

Think how much acceptance Mary showed when she said:

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

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

(Andre Gide)

We had words. Each and every evening.

Sometimes, when he stopped for beer after work, we had dishes and pots and food, too.

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

The word is powerless yet powerful. The word can be a mere 8 bits, or the flame that burns a city to the ground. Words sting, caress, re-assure, and destruct.

We become wordsmiths innately, learning language before we learn to walk or talk. And still, we continue our development, our love affair with words, until the day we die.

Words are the best toys you can give your brain.