This week's theme: Words borrowed from Irish. smithereens (smith-uh-REENZ) noun
Tiny fragments. [Probably from Irish smidirin, diminutive of smiodar (fragment).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=smithereens -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "[The heroine] finds herself being mistaken for someone else and falling, abruptly, down a rabbit hole -- her identity stolen, her daily life torpedoed, her most fundamental expectations about life blown to smithereens." Michiko Kakutani; A Misunderstanding, and a Simple Life Descends Into a Nightmare; The New York Times; May 8, 2007. A few messages from our sponsors: Transform your teaching career with a Master's from NCATE-accredited, The University of Scranton. 100% online. 24/7 Access. http://UScranton.com/WS Free! Extra issue of any of Champs-Elysees Audio Magazines in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Subscribe at: http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith7 ............................................................................ Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen. -Louis L'Amour, novelist (1908-1988) Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/smithereens.mp3 Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/smithereens.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
