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Friday, November 21, 2008
Today’s Word
It my personal guiding word:
non sequitur \NAHN-SEK-wuh-ter\ noun
1 : an inference that does not follow from the premises
*2 : a statement (as a response) that does not follow logically from or is not clearly related to anything previously said
Did you know?
In Latin, “non sequitur” means “it does not follow.” The phrase was borrowed into English in the 1500s by people who made a formal study of logic. For them it meant a conclusion that does not follow from the statements that lead to it. But we now use “non sequitur” for any kind of statement that seems to come out of the blue. The Latin verb “sequi” (“to follow”) has actually led the way for a number of English words. A “sequel” follows the original novel, film, or television show. Someone “obsequious” follows another about, flattering and fawning. And an action is often followed by its “consequence.”
November 21st, 2008 at 2:44 pm
My apple fritter from the cafeteria was delicious. Yum.
November 21st, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Exactly, I like jam. That what I’m saying here. Raspberry.
November 21st, 2008 at 3:56 pm
NO. I can NOT tell you what happened. For the LAST TIME, I was NOT THERE. I am NOT TELEPATHIC. STOP ASKING ME!
November 21st, 2008 at 3:59 pm
I think the notches on that key were’nt cut quite deep enough. It works if you wiggle it around in the lock, but you gotta really put some disco into it, if you know what I mean.
November 21st, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Those were the droids I was looking for!
November 22nd, 2008 at 5:31 pm
NaNoWriMo is like taking on homework on purpose. :P
November 25th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
My pekingese snores louder than some humans – it’s funny when people on phone conferences can actually hear it.
November 25th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Why would he do a thing like that?? o.O