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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Sylvia Hubbard's Literary World Updates
Thursday, November 19, 2009
anachronism: Word of the Day
This is just another interesting word that needed to go into deeper description. Thanks for enjoying my love for words anachronism \uh-NAK-ruh-niz-um\ noun 1 : an error in chronology; especially : a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other *2 : a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place; especially : one from a former age that is incongruous in the present Example sentence: Manual typewriters and slide rules are often regarded as anachronisms in this age of computers and calculators. Did you know? An anachronism is something that is out of place in terms of time or chronology. The word derives from "chronos," the Greek word for "time," and "ana-," a Greek prefix meaning "up," "back," or "again." When it was first used in English in the 17th century, "anachronism" referred to an error in the dating of something (as, for example, in etymology, when a word or use is mistakenly assumed to have arisen earlier than it did). Anachronisms were sometimes distinguished from parachronisms, chronological errors in which dates are set later than is correct. But "parachronism" did not stand the test of time. It is now a very rare word. forward from Merriam-Webster |
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Sylvia Hubbard's Literary World Updates 11/18/09
In case you missed any, there's more on the site. Thanks
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
#Wordofday: rectify
This was another long meaning that I just had to put all three of them in. I think you will enjoy my reasoning as to why.
rectify \REK-tuh-fye\ verb
*1 : to set right : remedy
2 : to purify (as alcohol) especially by repeated or fractional distillation
3 : to correct by removing errors : adjust
Example sentence:
The night before the Web site was to go live, the programmers worked frantically to rectify several unresolved security problems.
More FYI:
Like "rectify," four of these words ultimately come from Latin "regere," which can mean "to lead straight," "to direct," or "to rule." "Correct" and "direct" come from "regere" via Latin "corrigere" and "dirigere," respectively. "Resurrection" comes from Latin "resurgere," whose stem "surgere," meaning "to rise," is a combination of "sub-" and "regere." "Regimen" is from Latin "regimen" ("position of authority," "direction," "set of rules"), itself from "regere." And "rectify" is from "regere" by way of Latin "rectus" ("right"). "Obstruct" is the only one of the set above that has no relation to "rectify." It traces back to Latin "struere," meaning "to build" or "to heap up."
Thanks Merriam-Webster Dictionary!
Monday, November 09, 2009
The Literary World of Sylvia Hubbard Afternoon Update 11/09/09
 In case you were waiting over the weekend for the updates, here's the dealio!
          
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Sylvia Hubbard's Stories Update
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sacerdotal: Word of the Day
| sacerdotal \sass-er-DOH-tul\ adjective *1 : of or relating to priests or a priesthood : priestly 2 : of, relating to, or suggesting religious belief emphasizing the powers of priests as essential mediators between God and mankind I wanted to post the entire post of the word here, because i liked both definitions. Thought you'd enjoy it as well. While we're at it, here's an example: Example sentence: It surprised Jim whenever Father Thomas would shed his sacerdotal role to take up a secular topic of conversation such as contemporary rock music. Did you know? "Sacerdotal" is one of a host of English words derived from the Latin adjective "sacer," meaning "sacred." Other words derived from "sacer" include "desecrate," "sacrifice," "sacrilege," "consecrate," "sacrament," and even "execrable" (developed from the Latin word "exsecrari," meaning "to put under a curse"). One unlikely "sacer" descendant is "sacrum," referring to the series of five vertebrae in the lower back connected to the pelvis. In Latin this bone was called the "os sacrum," or "holy bone," a translation of the Greek "hieron osteon." Sylvia Hubbard
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Monday, November 02, 2009
Sylvia Hubbard's Stories Update
PS My hubbooks@yahoo.com account was spammed. If you've received any notifications or request for money, please ignore this immediately. |
One of Sylvia Hubbard's email accounts has been hacked/taken over (Hubbooks@yahoo.com)
| If you get a message from me regarding being stuck in London, please ignore it and delete it immediately. The subject heading is titled: My Predicament!!! And it's from the email account of hubbooks@yahoo.com Thank you so much and I'm deeply sorry for this upsetting situation. Yahoo security team and I are on the job of stopping this asap. Sylvia Hubbard
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Sweet Justice
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Stealing Innocence II
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Sin's Iniquity
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Love Like This
The one person he wants to use to get revenge, is the one person he wants the most.
Drawing The Line
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His Substitute Wife... My Sister
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CABIN FEVER
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EMPEROR'S ADDICTION
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