This week's theme: toponyms coined after places in Ireland. blarney (BLAHR-nee) noun
1. Flattery. 2. Misleading talk. [After the Blarney stone, a stone in Blarney Castle in Blarney village, near Cork, Ireland which, according to legend, gives the gift of the gab to anyone who kisses it.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=blarney -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "'[Ronan Keating] is really down to earth and cares about issues like cancer and poverty. Also, he really cares about his fans,' said Yang, who said she had met the singer and evidently fell for his blarney." Jules Quartly; Ronan Keating Shays It Bescht; Taipei Times (Taiwan); May 11, 2007. Sponsored by: Perfect your French, German, Spanish or Italian with Champs-Elysees audio magazines on foreign life & culture. http://ads.champs-elysees.com/wsmith3 Namix, providing smart naming solutions for products, services, and businesses: http://namix.com ............................................................................ It might be a good idea if the various countries of the world would occasionally swap history books, just to see what other people are doing with the same set of facts. -Bill Vaughan, journalist (1915-1977) Send your comments to (words AT wordsmith.org). To unsubscribe, update address send gift subscription, etc., visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/blarney.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/blarney.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/blarney.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
