Comments on: & The Philologist formerly known as HotForWords

By: leonard

leonard — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:57:54 +0000

AND how has elahie been? Symbol writing and the discipline of thinking out………out thinking of discipline, the and writing simply.

By: jarek

jarek — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:24:34 +0000

nice & 47 … nice nick…&…

By: jarek

jarek — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:22:40 +0000

nice… marina…nice

By: leonard

leonard — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:06:40 +0000

&&&)(&&& [utterances]….^…eurydice[masks]…[spastic]… [cards] Jack and Jill…ll…went up the hill ^ll^

By: bama622

bama622 — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:56:28 +0000

You have a wonderful voice Marina You should try to sing on one of your videos Also I would like to know where the word [sing] came from.

By: darlingj

darlingj — Tue, 12 May 2009 05:24:35 +0000

Brilliant, Interesting, Informative…

I’d call it one of those dual-purpose lessons – the etymology defines the word.

By: dabeyta

dabeyta — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:09:24 +0000

Do punctuation marks count?

By: paulhenry

paulhenry — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:18:00 +0000

I’ve got a feeling that the dollar sign comes from the image of a pillar with ivy growing around it which, I think, had something to do with a really old Grecian or Roman building – maybe a financial institution, or perhaps a library (the wealth of knowledge perhaps) – but I can’t be sure. I’d love to be able to remember where I learned that from.
As for the sterling pound symbol. I’d say it comes from the the same root as the weight measurment pound (lb). I don’t know the etymology of it but I know that in Italian a pound in weight is pronounced ‘libra’ (which, come to think of it, sounds a lot like ‘lire’, the old Italian monetary unit… and it also smacks a little of the Italian word for book – ‘libro’ – and … well, I’ve never made his connection, but we’re back at ‘library’).
Um… I think Marina should clarify this for us (she’s always WAY more entertaining than some shmuck randomly answering your post! lol).

By: drmichael82

drmichael82 — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:59:00 +0000

5 estrellas

By: hipstercool

hipstercool — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:34:29 +0000

VIV = Very Interesting Video Marina!!

Would be also Very Interesting to know about the origin of the dollar and the sterling pund symbols… I think it’s design must have an especial origin, because the yen symbol is inspired with the letter Y (form its name “yen”), or the euro symbol is also inspired–obviusly by the letter E… On the other hand, neither the dollar or the sterling pound symbols have an easy way to figure out where they come from…