Word Of The Day

[Altobelli]

How's it going in China Map ?

[map]

Very well, thanks Altobelli...although a little tiring, too many classes

[Altobelli]

At least you are off this sinking ship we call the UK

As long as you are healthy, making the money and enjoying the social life out there that is all that matters, wish I was there with you, take care, have to go as Matron will be in soon and I have to get the tea on.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Inaniloquent

Pertaining to idle talk, tending to speak inanely; loquacious; garrulous

Alf, this one sounds a lot like you!

[Altobelli]

CIMMERIAN adjective (si-meer-ee-uh-n)

adjective
1. very dark; gloomy: deep, Cimmerian caverns.
2. Classical Mythology. of, relating to, or suggestive of a western people believed to dwell in perpetual darkness.

Quotes

The sunny English noon had swallowed him as completely as if he had gone out into Cimmerian night.
--*Edith Wharton,*"Afterward," Tales of Men and Ghosts, 1910

... the darkness had become inky. Only the light from cabin windows which lay on the wet deck like shafts of silver relieved that Cimmerian effect.
--*Frederic S. Isham,*A Man and His Money, 1912


Origin

Cimmerian, also spelled Kimmerian, comes from the Latin plural noun Cimmeriī, a borrowing from the Greek plural noun Kimmérioi. In the Odyssey the mythical Cimmerians lived at the edge of Oceanus that surrounds the earth in a city wrapped in mist and fog, where the sun never shines, near the entrance to Hades. The historical, “real” Cimmerians are mentioned in Assyrian sources (Gimirri), the Hebrew Bible (Gomer in Genesis 10:2), and by the Greek historian Herodotus (5th century b.c.). Herodotus says that the Cimmerians were nomads driven south from the steppes of southern Russia by the Scythians through the Caucasus Mountains, turned west, and c676 b.c. overthrew the kingdom of Phrygia (in west central Turkey), whose last king was Midas. The connection between myth and history is that there are variant readings for Homer’s Kimmérioi—Cheimérioi, “Wintry People, Stormy people”; and Kerbérioi “Cerberus’s People,” both of which were displaced by the historical Cimmerians. Cimmerian entered English in the 16th century in reference to the nomads, and in the 19th century in reference to the Homeric people.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Is this like Ewood Park Alto?

[Altobelli]

Is this like Ewood Park Alto?

[Altobelli]

CODE-SWITCHING noun (kohd-swich-ing)

noun
1. the modifying of one's behavior, appearance, etc., to adapt to different sociocultural norms: For many female Muslim students, code-switching from their home environment to that of school requires forgoing the hijab.
2. Linguistics. the alternating or mixed use of two or more languages, especially within the same discourse: My grandma’s code-switching when we cook together reminds me of my family's origins. Bilingual students are discouraged from code-switching during class.
3. Sociolinguistics. the use of one dialect, register, accent, or language variety over another, depending on social or cultural context, to project a specific identity: Politicians use code-switching on the campaign trail to connect with their audience.

Quotes

In many respects, Lori's adaptability--her gift for cultural "code switching," as sociologists put it--qualified her as something of an L.A. archetype, the perfect chameleon for a landscape that is as seductive, maddening, electric, and fragmented as any on this planet.
--*Jesse Katz,*"The Two Worlds of Lori Gonzalez," Los Angeles, January 2001

Given all that black women are forced to deal with--from police brutality to being told that our natural hair is unprofessional--it isn't surprising that we learn to create armor between ourselves and the rest of the world. This armor takes a variety of forms. But one particular to the black community is code switching.
--*Angelica Jade Bastién,*"'Insecure' Season 1, Episode 3: Code Switching," New York Times, October 23, 2016


Origin

Code-switching entered English in the 1950s.

[SERVERNOTRESPONDING]

Doryphore
NOUN

A pedantic and annoyingly persistent critic.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Doryphore
NOUN

A pedantic and annoyingly persistent critic.

Plenty of them post on here!