As I love words, I subscribe to A.Word.A.Day. from Wordsmith. < [email protected]> I thought the entry for today would interest some here and amuse others:
* Wordsmith.org <https://wordsmith.org/>* The magic of words *MooT - the Semantics and Etymology game <https://mootgame.com>* The world's toughest language game. mootgame.com How to sponsor? <https://wordsmith.org/awad/ad.html> A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg You may know Japan as the land that gave us manga and anime, ikebana and bonsai, and more. It’s also a place of high technology and deep enlightenment. It’s a place where they may be working on the gadget that can make a cup of tea in seconds. It’s also the place where learning how to properly make and serve tea can take years. Of all the places I have visited around the world, Japan remains among my most favorite. This week we’ll take you to Japan through five words from Japanese that we have borrowed into the English language. bokeh PRONUNCIATION: (BOH-kay/kuh) <https://wordsmith.org/words/bokeh.mp3> MEANING: *noun*: The blurred effect in a photograph, typically as a soft out-of-focus background, that results in a pleasing effect and helps to draw attention to the subject of the photograph. ETYMOLOGY: From Japanese boke (blur, haze) or boke-aji (blur quality). Earliest documented use: 1997. USAGE: “All I remember now are those lights that decorated my soul behind a bokeh.” Mukhpreet Khurana; *Unlocked Silences*; Notion Press; 2018. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it. -Alanis Morissette, musician (b. 1 June 1974) Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
