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  • Published on Sep 27, 2019

    Wordwise: Time's a Wastin'

    Musicians Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) and June Carter (Reese Witherspoon) perform in WALK THE LINE. TM and © 2005 Twentieth Century Fox. Regular or occasional readers of this column may realize my probing the backgrounds of words (common terms, personal …

    Source: Standard Freeholder
  • Published on Sep 20, 2019

    Wordwise: A cobbled-up collection of terms

    Cobbler Dan Frappier, owner of Heels-N-Soles in the New Sudbury Centre in Sudbury, Ont., won a gold medal at an international shoe repair competition in Germany recently. Frappier won the medal in the recrafting category, competing against 57 other …

    Source: Standard Freeholder
  • Published on Sep 12, 2019

    Wordwise: Roots of some legalese, and medical mumbo-jumbo

    Recently, I came across two terms of past-time reference with similar aspects: antediluvium and antebellum. “Antediluvium” is meant to refer to the era before the “Great Flood” associated with the biblical mention of Noah. This word was prominently used by …

    Source: Standard Freeholder
  • Published on Aug 30, 2019

    Wordwise: In pursuit of these scholarly terms

    With the word “school” at this time of year having much prominence, it seems appropriate to consider its background. “School” has the ancient basis “schola,” (meaning “leisure pursuits”) referring to time spent learning from formal teaching as sought in …

    Source: Standard Freeholder
  • Published on Aug 23, 2019

    Wordwise: Home to 132 million people

    Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games mascot Miraitowa holds the torch of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games during an event to mark the 300-day milestone to the starting date of the torch relay, in Tokyo, Japan June 1, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo Cities with …

    Source: Standard Freeholder
  • Published on Aug 15, 2019

    Wordwise: the differences between "ear" and "eer"

    Look my dear, it's a deer scratching its ear. Larry Wong / POSTMEDIA NETWORK In English, some words may present spelling challenges because of sounding the same though written differently for different meanings. Consider this pair: “dear” ( …

    Source: Standard Freeholder
  • Published on Aug 9, 2019

    Wordwise: Onto monarchs and autocrats

    The Queen, on a visit to Cheshire on June 14, 2018. John Rainford/WENN The word “monarchy” was recently explored here for its basis referring to “one-person rule” (generally a king or queen). The word “autocracy” carries a similar idea from its basis …

    Source: Standard Freeholder
  • Published on Aug 2, 2019

    Wordwise: Leaders- from kings to tyrants and despots

    Queen Elizabeth II as she views the exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria for the Summer Opening of Buckingham Palace on July 17, 2019 in London, England. Victoria Jones - WPA Pool/Getty Images In a previous column, …

    Source: Standard Freeholder
  • Published on Jul 26, 2019

    Wordwise: Making some bicameral comparisons

    Workers replace the carpet during maintenance work in the Reichstag's plenary hall, which houses the Bundestag lower house of parliament, in Berlin on July 25, 2019. JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images Recent situations making some national …

    Source: Standard Freeholder
  • Published on Jul 18, 2019

    Wordwise: Additional thoughts on P.E.I. connections

    King George III, the 18th-century king. Toronto Sun Files Here previously, places in the Province of Prince Edward Island were noted for having the same names as places in Ontario. Today’s column probes the links behind those parallels, the basis of which …

    Source: Standard Freeholder
  • Published on Jul 12, 2019

    Wordwise: P.E.I. road trip surprises

    Province House in downtown Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. A recent trip to Prince Edward Island began with about an hour’s ferry crossing of the Northumberland Strait from Cariboo, N.S. Following disembarkation at the Wood Islands dock, a 60- …

    Source: Standard Freeholder
  • Published on Jul 5, 2019

    Wordwise: Riding on an iconic cloud

    Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs as they resume their "No Filter Tour" North American Tour at the Soldier Field on June 21, 2019 in Chicago. KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP/Getty Images Recently, while on a road trip through the Syracuse, …

    Source: Standard Freeholder
  • Published on Jun 28, 2019

    Wordwise: You say cheese, I say fromage

    Cheese is produced in large, 6 kg wheels and stored on the Alp for two months in a salt cellar where it is rubbed daily with salt water to help cure the rind. In an area with bilingual exposure to English and French, curiosity may arise about how words for …

    Source: Standard Freeholder
  • Published on Jun 21, 2019

    Wordwise: Putting Cornwall in its place

    Today’s exploration has a geographic basis related to a system of imagined horizontal and vertical lines used for positioning references on the Earth’s surface. The horizontal lines are called latitudes – a term related to “horizon,” with the pertinent …

    Source: Standard Freeholder
  • Published on Jun 14, 2019

    Wordwise: A 'B'-hive of French surnames

    Here today, the recent exploration of French-based surnames continues with consideration of some starting with the letter “B.” Baudoin and Baudry – both of medieval prominence in northern France (from Flanders to Normandy) derived from Germanic forms “ …

    Source: Standard Freeholder
  • Published on Jun 7, 2019

    Wordwise: Accounting for other French surnames

    A Deloitte logo is pictured on a sign outside the company's offices in London on September 25, 2017. DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP/Getty Images Today we focus on more French surnames in follow-up to a …

    Source: Standard Freeholder
  • Published on May 31, 2019

    Wordwise: Disney's French and Canadian origins

    Walt Disney Postmedia file photo Last week here, the French surname “Beauharnois” was highlighted for its source from a family of France in the 1600s associated with the fabrication of “fine harnessing.” That identification’s original form was “de …

    Source: Standard Freeholder
  • Published on May 24, 2019

    Wordwise: Road-trip curiosity leads to a look at these terms

    A wine grower bottles some 2013 "Beaujolais Nouveau" wine, on November 21, 2013 in Paris. KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP/Getty Images On a recent drive back to Cornwall from Granby, Que., on Autoroute 30, after passing the exit to Châteauguay, …

    Source: Standard Freeholder
  • Published on May 17, 2019

    Wordwise: Giving focus to confusions

    In recent reading, I came upon a rather odd word such as found in this statement: “With the unexpected turn of events, he seemed flummoxed.” Although the context of flummoxed here suggests the current sense of one’s being confused or flustered, the word …

    Source: Standard Freeholder

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