Hi, >> Who knows? >> >> But let her not be otiose (or nivose, pluviose or ventose!) >>
> I, of course, made up my words. I've the feeling you didn't. Off to > the dictionary I go... (hang on, I'll be back in a second). > Well, my dictionary is not a very good one. It has neither nivose nor > ventose. I actually guessed pluviose, and I'm wondering if ventose > has anything to do with the wind? Yes, it has. They are the names that the French revolutionaries gave to the winter months in their reformed calendar. > With your large vocabulary, Bob, you'd likely be pretty good at Scrabble. Nivose (Snowious), Pluviose (Rainious) and Ventose (Windious) are no good in English Scrabble. Perhaps in Quebec, though. But Scrabble is at least as much to do with strategy as vocabulary. Perhaps more. I've never played anyone who takes the game seriously. People I play against get upset when I use everyday words like kine, qi, xi, zo, dzo and zho. To a real Scrabble player this is probably beginner's stuff. -- Cheers, Bob
