tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10707169.post5998268080336596288..comments2024-01-09T19:28:45.662-05:00Comments on Ceremonial Soup: stricken like a filamentPhil Plasmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062925429031957360noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10707169.post-86270757012761521252007-01-15T10:40:00.000-05:002007-01-15T10:40:00.000-05:00"As for putting uncommon words in children's books..."As for putting uncommon words in children's books, that is the best place for them since children's minds are such sponges."<br /><br />Exactly!<br /><br />I learned the word "discombobulated" very early in life. I think that had a tremendous effect on how I developed.tmfrthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01235413205572077492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10707169.post-89780538425427884092007-01-15T08:26:00.000-05:002007-01-15T08:26:00.000-05:00bb: would my book be a simple compendium of blog a...bb: would my book be a simple compendium of blog and other posts? Or would it be a fictional account of a bizarre writer living in an odd world? Or would it be a creative-inspirational collection of word-smith poetics?<br /><br />Deb: I look up words pretty much everyday that I post or read posts, so don't feel that you are sounding stupid. I didn't know what soporific or somnolent meant at some point in my life, then I learned, and now, so have you. As for putting uncommon words in children's books, that is the best place for them since children's minds are such sponges.Phil Plasmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062925429031957360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10707169.post-36434731734877650622007-01-15T04:13:00.000-05:002007-01-15T04:13:00.000-05:00Hey Phil get this I've been thinking about soporif...Hey Phil get this I've been thinking about soporific all day 'cause I was sure I'd heard it before and then it hit me. In Beatrice Potter's book (can't remember the title it's been a long long time since I read the book) Peter Rabbit & his bunny friends get into the farmers lettuce patch and eating all those lettuces had a soporific effect on the bunnies. I remember when I read it I thought what an unusual word to use in a child's book and I had to look it up then too. Yeah I thought that would impress you. ha ha haDebstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10395898347034383133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10707169.post-65609342880351863252007-01-14T17:27:00.000-05:002007-01-14T17:27:00.000-05:00Today is a great day Phil, just you wait and see.
...Today is a great day Phil, just you wait and see.<br />At the risk of sounding stupid I had to look up soporific and somnolence in the dictionary. See I've learnt something new today.Debstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10395898347034383133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10707169.post-29929988749827980052007-01-14T01:22:00.000-05:002007-01-14T01:22:00.000-05:00You really ought to write a book.You really ought to write a book.Brotha Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18027333036897650565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10707169.post-32379358395319116572007-01-12T09:24:00.000-05:002007-01-12T09:24:00.000-05:00"If you combine the sound a sick dog makes with th..."If you combine the sound a sick dog makes with the sound a sick cat makes, does it sound the same as a sick pig?"<br /><br />no. it sounds like yiddish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com