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Word For The Day, Thursday, March 30, 2006 - esculent
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| March 30, 2006
| secret garden
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 etymologythat "esca" is from Latin "edere," which means "to eat"can you pick which of the following words is NOT related to "esculent"?
comestible edacious edible escalade escarole obese
"Comestible" (meaning "edible"), "edacious" (meaning "voracious"), "edible," "escarole" (a type of salad green), and "obese" are all descendants of "edere." Only "escalade" (meaning "an act of scaling walls") doesn't belong on the list. It descends from the Italian "scalare," meaning "to scale." 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
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TOPICS: Word For The Day
KEYWORDS: goodtimes; greatoldies
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To: RikaStrom; SeeRushToldU_So
Yeah but aren't they from Georgia?
To: Hegewisch Dupa; xsmommy
Some years ago in National Review some wag was remembering Gerald Ford's dreadful gaffe about Poland during his presidential debate with Peanut Guy. The wag's remark was that the Polish people were probably wondering at that point how many American presidents it took to change a light bulb.
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posted on
03/30/2006 3:56:35 PM PST
by
Argh
To: xsmommy
Well, naturally, I wouldn't know anything about such establishments. :-]
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posted on
03/30/2006 4:50:54 PM PST
by
TheGrimReaper
(Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.)
To: Slip18; xsmommy; VRWCmember
Slippy has some cool google fer yer goo morning.....
Butt Vastie is wearing towels in da hotel room. Which is also a goo thong to comtemplate on da com temp palate.
124
posted on
03/30/2006 4:59:41 PM PST
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: RikaStrom
Hope she gets better. How's your work schedule gonna mesh with the recovery schedule? (Considering spring break and all.)
125
posted on
03/30/2006 5:00:53 PM PST
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: TheGrimReaper
BTW, Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX18) ranks 435th among House members for constituent services. [For those with post-1979 publick edukashuns - this means she is DEAD LAST.] How did they measure that?
(Heck - How did they ever get a congesscritter (any congresscritter!) to admit to a survey like that?)
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posted on
03/30/2006 5:03:04 PM PST
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: TheGrimReaper
yeah, right. i believe that. RME>
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posted on
03/30/2006 6:52:13 PM PST
by
xsmommy
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
It wasn't a survey, as such. I think it was one of those watchdog groups that monitors the
criminals congresscretins.
Of course, a simple IQ test would have yielded the same results in Sheila's case.

[So stupid, the phone company wouldn't hire her]
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posted on
03/30/2006 6:57:02 PM PST
by
TheGrimReaper
(Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.)
To: Hegewisch Dupa; NeoCaveman
xshub chatted up some st james moms tonight at xsboy's baseball practice "chalktalk" (rme!) tonight and found out that our associate priest sent the bishop an 11 page letter PRIOR to the decision being made, outlining all the reasons NOT to permit altar girls. that man is a stalwart! he is fantastic, rock solid on prolife, smart as all get out, and absolutely conservative to his core. i would LOVE to have a copy of that letter for you, HD. these 2 moms are also extremely conservative and love the associate as well for the same reason. he knows he will NEVER advance in the Church hierarchy, he is way too much of a boat rocker. Caveman, you would love him, i am sure.
oh look, i found a pic of Father Sandals, on the right as you look at the pic

however, he was NOT the first with the altargirls.
And this from our pastor:
Father Cornelius OBrien, pastor of St. James Parish in Falls Church, said that he thinks his parishioners are very inclined to stay with the traditional way and not introduce altar girls. Also, because he is in his 75th year and expects to retire soon, he said he will maintain the status quo in justice to whoever follows him as pastor. But, he said, after reading the continuous media coverage, I think we shouldnt have touched (the issue) with a 40-foot-pole.
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posted on
03/30/2006 7:20:18 PM PST
by
xsmommy
To: MoochPooch
To: NeoCaveman
A for you. Don't get me started on immigration!
To: Argh
She looks much better since she had her gap-toothed grin repaired. A for you.
I am down in the dumps, hockey-wise. We went to tonight's game against the RedWings and were outscored, 4-2. At least the Spurs are holding their own against the stinkin' Lakers.
To: RikaStrom
It's amazing what they can do for dogs nowadays. When I was in grad school, I worked with a vet at A&M who was pioneering new types of hip repairs in dogs. A for you and Thena!
To: Texan5
To: xsmommy
So I imagine this priest says mass in Aramaic, just like The Big Guy did; traditionalist like that wouldn't stray into English or Latin or any bogus stuff like that.....
To: secret garden
Thank you for the nice grade...
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posted on
03/31/2006 4:58:44 AM PST
by
Texan5
(You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line..)
To: Hegewisch Dupa
totally nonresponsive point. i would love to have you try that crap with father deCelles : )
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posted on
03/31/2006 6:09:27 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
actually it proves the point that "tradition" is a point in the timeline that appearently only you have the right to decide
To: Hegewisch Dupa
139
posted on
03/31/2006 6:13:19 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
okay, so Latin is traditional, but Aramaic is not?
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