[lit-ideas] Re: Threefer Once More
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:50:25 -0700
On Sep 27, 2009, at 2:12 PM, David Ritchie wrote:
Whoops. "Detrius" has been in my personal vocabulary for years.
It probably originated in a mis-reading of detritus. In my mind it
means "rubbish." Alas this is not true for anyone else.
I knew this.
I hope there are not lots of similar words knocking around in my
noggin.
Someone off-list wrote:
You mean like "macdam" and "jetsom"?
I did check "jetsom." The web said it was an allowed variant
spelling. The O.E.D. says that it is the older form--you go (by
"syncompation" and "perversion") from "jettison" to "jetsom." You
can also use, "jettson," "jetsen," "jetzon, "jotsom," "jetson." I'm
not sure about "jettezoon," but I like the sound of it.
"Macadam" was a typo, a different kind of error altogether :).
Apologies.
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
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