[lit-ideas] Re: Is this word really necessary?

  • From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:06:42 -0700


On Aug 28, 2010, at 7:51 PM, Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx wrote:

I was reading Peter Bowler's "Weird and wondrous words" (1992) and he writes about 'jumentous':

"Is this word really necessary".

No.  Neither is nun, or DADA.  But they can be fun, when singing, say.

David Ritchie,
Preparing to teach "The Song Lines" in
Portland, Oregon

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