Posted on 12/16/2010 5:57:40 AM PST by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
demotic \dih-MOT-ik\, adjective
1. Of or pertaining to the common people; popular.
2. Of or pertaining to the ordinary, everyday, current form of a language; vernacular, colloquial.
3. Of, pertaining to, or noting the simplified form of hieratic writing used in ancient Egypt between 700 b.c. and a.d. 500.
Example sentences:
The unmistakable Roth delivery - that inimitably juicy, excoriating, grandstanding blend of the demotic and the literary that peaks in ranting splendour in the best of his long novels - is here reduced to a narrative voice that seems to flirt with banality.
-- "Critical eye: Book Reviews Roundup," www.guardian.co.uk, October, 2010.
Allying himself with the socialist tendency within the movement, Rotas sought to support demotic culture and its language.
-- Peter Holland, Writing about Shakespeare
Etymology:
Demotic, which obviously shares a root with democracy, simply means that which is of (or for) the common people. It may be used to describe a piece of writing (the demotic masterpiece, the Declaration of Independence), or common language—the demotic words of an area or population. The word demotic comes from the Greek demotikos, which means "of or the common people.” Further broken down, demos is the Greek word for the plebeian, the average Joe, from a word that originally meant district. Demotic was first seen in English in the early 1800s, and has been around ever since, shifting in meaning from time to time. Imagine if the famous film The Exorcist were written by a linguist. Linda Blair, the young girl possessed by Pazuzu turns her head around and shouts maniacally, “y'all want some sweet tea?” “My goodness!” the priest cries, “it's absolutely demotic!” A linguist shakes his head in the corner of the room. “Southern American demotic,” he exhales slowly. “Looks like we've got a trip to take.” Demotic possession is definitely something of which to be frightened.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
You may have been baking....But I’d bet there was some soup getting stirred.
As soon as it came on, my first thoughts ran to you, in ruht roh mode ; )
You didn’t comment on my favorite Pen, Letang! He is a babe! Also a good player and not dirty like some of his teammates.
he wasn’t featured/mentioned that i could tell. when they are playing video games, they show the HARVARD GRAD in the back of the plane reading a BOOK and said “some pursue CEREBRAL PURSUITS...” it was like, OMG one of them can READ!!! ROR!!
notice there was no similar footage of the fairy Sid, because how ludicrous would THAT have been?? LMAO. and clearly he and marc andre fleury are homosexual lovers given their obsession with sitting together.
Maybe they just like to rub their sticks together for good luck....
Xshub just called he heard a show on xm on the way into work about the making of the hbo show and said it was really interesting. There’s a crew of 8 in the two cities, the guy doing the VoiceOver is on assignment in Thailand and doing it from there. Oh and Bruce was on and said he got a call from his mother. She’s not happy. LMAO!
Same as Hard Knocks.
They would finish the tape on Wednesday. Send it to Italy. Get the voice over back for air on Thursday.
They said the last edits to tapes were done at 8 pm for the 10 pm show.
Has anyone else been obsessed with knowing what the woman on the Vonage commercial is saying when she says “the big turkey and the big——” ? Xsgirls and I were sufficiently obsessed to google it and dang if they didn’t have the answer. It’s PERNIL, a carribean pork shoulder dish.
haven’t seen it and can’t find it on the youtube
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