philology

[ronin]

Or you can call me Phil. Not too serious of a hobby, but I enjoy the subject and get a mild kick out of this phine phellow:

The Word Detective

 

[RonBoyd]

Nice catch. It is now added to my Feeds. Thank you.

 

[Nords]

I subscribe to both "A Word A Day" and Merriam-Webster's daily. Then I drop my enhanced vocabulary into conversations with our kid-- which compels her to look it up just to see if she's being complimented, teased, or insulted.

 

[CuppaJoe]

That's a good site, I had the free two-week subscription by e-book, considered coughing up the $1.50/month to continue it, but LBYM and limited reading time set in. Nice looking web site, can't go wrong with Alice, I'll put it on bookmark.

 

[freebird5825]

Neat link.
Glad to see the Internet is still used for fun and learning. There is hope.
The Word Detective site pointed to another site called How Come?
where I found this fascinating little gem.

YouTube - Breaking dry spaghetti

 

[CuppaJoe]

How come they present the problem of breaking the spaghetti to fit the pan but show the spaghetti hanging out of the pan, just as I cook it? Oh, yeah, they used the Mission Impossible line.

And how come, of all my cats, only the red tabby liked to eat dry spaghetti?

 

[RonBoyd]

The Word Detective site pointed to another site called How Come?
where I found this fascinating little gem.

Wow! That's all most as much fun as watching Golf on television.

 

[LoftyNotions]

If there were black helecopters hovering overhead, and you didn't have your tinfoil hat on, how would the spaghetti behave

Seriously, very cool photography.