Trying to understand ongoing discussion of Euro, Eurozone, etc.
From: Wordsmith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 12:17 AM Subject: A.Word.A.Day--babel <http://wordsmith.org/> Wordsmith.org The Magic of Words <http://wordsmith.org/awad/ad.html> Sponsored messages Dec 9, 2011 This week's theme Words having origins in Iraq This week's words baldachin <http://wordsmith.org/words/baldachin.html> tabby <http://wordsmith.org/words/tabby.html> babylon <http://wordsmith.org/words/babylon.html> muslin <http://wordsmith.org/words/muslin.html> babel <http://wordsmith.org/words/babel.html> The Tower of Babel Art: Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525-1569) _____ _____ <http://addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&pub=anugarg&url=http://wordsmith.org/ words/babel.html> Bookmark and Share <http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://wordsmith.org/words/babel.html> Facebook <http://twitter.com/home?status=http://wordsmith.org/words/babel.html> Twitter <http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://wordsmith.org/words/babel.html> Digg <http://www.myspace.com/Modules/PostTo/Pages/?u=http://wordsmith.org/words/b abel.html> MySpace <http://addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&pub=anugarg&url=http://wordsmith.org/ words/babel.html> Bookmark and Share A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg babel PRONUNCIATION: (BAB-uhl, BAY-buhl) <http://wordsmith.org/words/babel.mp3> MEANING: noun: 1. A confused mixture of noises or voices. 2. A scene of noise or confusion. ETYMOLOGY: >From Hebrew Babhel (Babylon <http://wordsmith.org/words/babylon.html> ). In the Old Testament (Genesis 11:4-9), people united in an attempt to build a city with a tower that reached the heavens. This displeased god who halted the project by confounding people's speech so they wouldn't understand one another. Earliest documented use: before 1382. USAGE: "While an excited babel of Spanish, German, Japanese, and Hindi emanated from the dozens of television news crews in the street, the response to Charles and Camilla's I dos among locals was mostly We Don't." Glenda Cooper; In Windsor, a Royal Pain; The Washington Post; Apr 10, 2005. Explore "babel <http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=babel> " in the Visual Thesaurus. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Money. You don't know where it's been, / but you put it where your mouth is. / And it talks. -Dana Gioia, poet, critic, and translator (b. 1950) Unsubscribe <http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber-form.cgi?request=unsub&username=denart 40%40sympatico%2eca> | Subscribe <http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscribe.html> | Update address <http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber-form.cgi?request=address-change&userna me=denart40%40sympatico%2eca> | Gift subscription <http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber-form.cgi?request=gift&username=denart4 0%40sympatico%2eca> | Contact us <http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber-form.cgi?request=feedback&username=den art40%40sympatico%2eca> C 2011 Wordsmith.org
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