tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post8391301276344393744..comments2024-02-20T08:25:06.177-08:00Comments on Confessions of ignorance: coruscatingseana grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-41967698143376901252010-02-14T11:25:40.475-08:002010-02-14T11:25:40.475-08:00I know what you mean, though no examples leap imme...I know what you mean, though no examples leap immediately to mind. And under what conditions is a mistake repeated so often or by such pretigious users that it becomes correct?<br />==============<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-67760687801111426222010-02-14T11:07:27.215-08:002010-02-14T11:07:27.215-08:00One of the most interesting things of doing this b...One of the most interesting things of doing this blog watching the way meanings shift and slide, sometimes through extending the word into other realms, sometimes through sheer mistake.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-61095568189911285382010-02-14T10:52:24.936-08:002010-02-14T10:52:24.936-08:00I wonder if anyone has compiled a history of these...I wonder if anyone has compiled a history of these changes in meaning, the sorts of things a more judgmental time would have called mistakes.<br /><br />Before I call this a degenerate, illiterate age, I'd want to know if misapprehensions and meaning shifts have always been a feature of English. <br /><br /> I'm liberal in my understanding of how these changes happen but conservative in my application of the rules in my professional life. And there is the subject of an entirely new comment or post if not an entirely new blog.<br />==============<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-58312811148255142762010-02-14T10:52:06.840-08:002010-02-14T10:52:06.840-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-30441339852035416122010-02-14T10:51:36.215-08:002010-02-14T10:51:36.215-08:00I wonder if anyone has compiled a history of these...I wonder if anyone has compiled a history of these changes in meaning, the sorts of things a more judgmental time would have called mistakes.<br /><br />Before I call this a degenerate, illiterate age, I'd want to know if misapprehensions and meaning shifts have always been a feature of English. <br /><br /> I'm liberal in my understanding of how these changes happen but conservative in my application of the rules in my professional life. And there is the subject of an entirely new comment or post if not an entirely new blog.<br />==============<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-71936504773517087172010-02-14T10:44:38.476-08:002010-02-14T10:44:38.476-08:00Yes--the situation is pretty hopeless, isn't i...Yes--the situation is pretty hopeless, isn't it?seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-64116196458614710752010-02-14T10:33:47.067-08:002010-02-14T10:33:47.067-08:00That assumes it was being used correctly all those...That assumes it was being used correctly all those times heard it.<br /> ==============<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-52773590065581849712010-02-14T10:09:10.298-08:002010-02-14T10:09:10.298-08:00It just occured to me as I was walking to work yes...It just occured to me as I was walking to work yesterday that all the times I've heard of someone's "coruscating wit", I have thought it meant scathing rather than sparkling. <br /><br />Much, much to unlearn.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-10331877804802300132010-02-11T07:34:52.223-08:002010-02-11T07:34:52.223-08:00I see. So the single r in coruscating and the doub...I see. So the single r in coruscating and the double in corrosive is not actually a clue at all. <br /><br />Pity.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-91235085557775273882010-02-11T02:35:34.229-08:002010-02-11T02:35:34.229-08:00The doubling of consonants from Latin to Italian i...The doubling of consonants from Latin to Italian is quite common - there is probably a rule concerning vowel-syllable length and stress, but I'm hazy on the details possibly a consonant doubles if it's between a short and long vowel.marconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-36577784555345454282010-02-10T07:09:37.625-08:002010-02-10T07:09:37.625-08:00Sounds likely, though why the two 'r's if ...Sounds likely, though why the two 'r's if so, I wonder?seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-60510865798450088132010-02-10T00:58:18.617-08:002010-02-10T00:58:18.617-08:00Does coruscare have a modern day descendant in Ita...<i> Does coruscare have a modern day descendant in Italian? </i> <br /><br />Actually thinking about it, there's a very archaic and infrequent adjective, corrusco, which means "brightly replendent" so...marconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-61970656611013985122010-02-09T13:02:07.617-08:002010-02-09T13:02:07.617-08:00See, if I'd read that sentence a week ago, I w...See, if I'd read that sentence a week ago, I would have gotten coruscating all wrong. I almost still do.<br /><br />If we gave bonus points here for using discussed words like Corsica, coarse and coruscate in a sentence you would win some. <br /><br />But we don't.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-27271512613671015512010-02-09T11:25:09.069-08:002010-02-09T11:25:09.069-08:00Marco, I miss you when you're not posting on t...<i> Marco, I miss you when you're not posting on the blogs. </i><br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br /><i> Are you too busy changing the course of Italy's future to have time for this these days? </i><br /><br />A bit of that, plus computer malfunctioning and family illnesses.<br /><br /><i> Does coruscare have a modern day descendant in Italian? </i><br /><br />No.<br /><br /><i> I don't know, but I hear Corsicans can be coarse. </i><br /><br /><br />First time I went to Corsica as a kid, I got a bad sunburn. The sun was coarse and coruscating. I was left alone in the shadows of the pines to recover while my friends went to the beach, and I discovered a nudist beach on the other side. No, they weren't creepy swingers. I was the creepy one with the eyeballs popping out.marconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-16405819851676739322010-02-09T09:50:24.676-08:002010-02-09T09:50:24.676-08:00Uh, no, Peter--that doesn't help.Uh, no, Peter--that doesn't help.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-45102824293232513072010-02-09T09:14:24.417-08:002010-02-09T09:14:24.417-08:00I don't know, but I hear Corsicans can be coar...I don't know, but I hear Corsicans can be coarse.<br />==============<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-17495486865359960922010-02-09T09:07:34.499-08:002010-02-09T09:07:34.499-08:00Marco, I miss you when you're not posting on t...Marco, I miss you when you're not posting on the blogs. Are you too busy changing the course of Italy's future to have time for this these days?<br /><br />Although I'm sure I must have seen the Star Trek that had the planet Coruscant, I obviously wasn't paying enough attention. Although I like the strategy in principle.<br /><br />Does coruscare have a modern day descendant in Italian?seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-23561318184576329552010-02-09T02:43:48.542-08:002010-02-09T02:43:48.542-08:00Star Trek . Star Track is amusing, Star Trainweck...Star Trek . Star Track is amusing, Star Trainweck would be descriptive.marconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-86266694327723801642010-02-09T02:42:16.059-08:002010-02-09T02:42:16.059-08:00The planet Coruscant from Star Track could have pu...The planet Coruscant from Star Track could have put you on the right track. Use Pop Culture tocompensate the dropping of Latin from your Curriculums!marconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-59832200410444183212010-02-08T08:58:41.687-08:002010-02-08T08:58:41.687-08:00I had to check the spelling before I posted my com...I had to check the spelling before I posted my comment. This thread will help me remember the spelling.<br />==============<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-71845486868824101412010-02-08T07:23:38.186-08:002010-02-08T07:23:38.186-08:00Yep. Even though I knew you would have spelled it ...Yep. Even though I knew you would have spelled it right, I still had to check it as it went so against my own sense of it. That should have given me a clue right there. Well, only a clue that I was on the wrong track, as I don't think I would have guessed this one.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-69067229436938111482010-02-07T23:46:40.967-08:002010-02-07T23:46:40.967-08:00Many folks might be led by corrosive and correct i...Many folks might be led by corrosive and correct into spelling this word with two r's. I know I was.<br />==============<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-88634468004888410882010-02-07T23:37:31.084-08:002010-02-07T23:37:31.084-08:00Yes, I'm pretty sure that's the wrong path...Yes, I'm pretty sure that's the wrong path I took. Glad to be "enlightened", though.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-68272107428330127142010-02-07T23:23:10.833-08:002010-02-07T23:23:10.833-08:00I suspect many people are misled by the similarity...I suspect many people are misled by the similarity to <i>corrosive</i> into guessing wrong about this word's meaning. I know I was.<br />==============<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.com