Posted on 03/30/2006 5:22:49 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".
esculent • \ESS-kyuh-lunt\ • adjective
: edible
Example sentence:
Sonia is a chef at The Wild Asparagus, a top-notch restaurant whose claim to fame is that every dish on the menu features an esculent native plant.
Etymology:
One appealing thing about "esculent" is that this word, which comes from the Latin for food ("esca"), has been around for 375 years. If we give you just one more tidbit of etymology—that "esca" is from Latin "edere," which means "to eat"—can you pick which of the following words is NOT related to "esculent"?
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
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 Threads:
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!
aw the poor doggie! give her a kiss for me!
Will do. Poor thing is tri-podding for a while.
And even worse, we have to do the right hip down the line.
She's not supposed to run, jump, stairs, etc. so what does the twit do when I am getting her fresh water yesterday . . .jumps on the bed. (sigh)
Gosh, i don't know how you keep a dog immobilized. loosh is a couch potato most of the time, but he will rampage around like a loon at least a time or two per day.
Well her running around like a loon is probably on kaput for several weeks. The vet said it was an 8 week recovery, but what happens when she starts to feel better in 2 weeks?
I have no idea how to contain her so that she doesn't do something stupid.
I thought it best to let her stay on the bed instead of hauling her off it and then having her jump back up. But I am really going to regret the feeding her in the bedroom thing after a while!
lol
is she eating ON YOUR BED??? do you crate her at all? we don't crate loosh, but he stays in the laundry room when no one is home and there isn't room to RUN in there.
What? 2 inches of beer? Hey I'm not a big drinker like some people we know....... ;^)
they come in classes?
LOL
Yeah, she is eating and drinking on the bed. Today is the first that she's eaten anything in several days. I have a towel under her.
No, I've never crated her. She considers the bedroom to be her crate. She was abused, she can't take confined spaces like a crate or bathroom.
We'll muddle through, although I am glad to see her finally drinking something.
She's shaved from her stomach to her spine, back down her side and leg to the calf area. She's bald on the left rear quarter of her body. They also shaved a little square higher up her side where a pain patch is located. That comes off on Sat.
Was that over at St. Arnolds?
They have a fun little walk through on Sat that's free and you get to taste too.
Great place to hold a little get together, they rent out space and then the beer is free, you have to supply the food though.
We did one for work, it was a hit.
No, this is a new place in Sugar Land...
Ah, the other end of town from me. :-)
SugarLand sounds like the name of a strip joint to me.....
Gotta run to the store....
Al K. Holic
well there was a strip joint named Sugar's or the Booby Rock SOMEWHERE, that xshub used to frequent down there.
Or a country band.
Home from work and dinner is started-
Al Gore wants back into politics-
Why can't he just go away?
He drinks way too much koolaid
And has nothing intelligent to say
He just keeps droning on and on
About the same old crap-
Global warming and bolshevik bliss
That has his audience taking a nap
He doesn't realize most of us
Won't buy his song and dance
Or that bulls*** is only esculent
To mushrooms and other plants
I hope your puppy continues to recover quickly, Rika. Is hip dysplasia common to her breed?
Husky girl and Kitty boy are currently engaged in trying to murder a mostly exhaused fly by batting it against the french doors and trapping it in their paws-they are easily amused. Yeti boy is sitting on the floor watching and cheering them on, but does not participate in fly catching activities, but will carry one of those play mice made of rabbit fur all around the kitchen in his mouth, then set it down and bat at it for 15 minutes or so.
Very clever Grimmy, except that anyone trying to make money off of my alcohol consumption would go broke quickly. I usually only have one or two.....
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