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HotForWords Forums » Tag: cow - Recent Posts http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ A place to discuss all kinds of stuff! en Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:43:50 +0000 alphabetman on "comparing word origins" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/comparing-word-origins#post-13203 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:46:28 +0000 alphabetman 13203@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ and MANTOU is not that far from "manna from heaven" or MANGO or MANGE ( italian eat ) MANNA - means from the sky ( an = sky in sumerian , witness ANNUAL ) alphabetman on "comparing word origins" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/comparing-word-origins#post-13202 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:25:58 +0000 alphabetman 13202@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ words that sound the same - usually were rooted together long ago - SEE and SEA = MIRA ( look in spanish ) MAR ( Sea ..marine )because we used to see ourselves in the water ( before mirrors and shiny metal ) the word was SEE or SEA and meant both things ( the verb and the noun ) at the same moment !! like bridge a gap - and the bridge - even a bride is a form of a bridge ( to another family ) ... in english - if they sound or look the same ..they were linked about 95% of time. IMO leoNard on "comparing word origins" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/comparing-word-origins#post-13103 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:59:07 +0000 leoNard 13103@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e3/Icon-Pentecost.jpg">g00D-Bye.....bought & stoled STEEL/stEAl <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_lol.gif" title=":lol:" class="bb_smilies" /> HOW!....KNOT 2 speick aEngLiosH.... <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_lol.gif" title=":lol:" class="bb_smilies" /> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Oxford_University.svg/2000px-Oxford_University.svg.png"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ough_(combination)">Ough (orthography)</a>Ough is a letter sequence often seen in words in the English language. In Middle English, where the spelling arose, it was probably pronounced with a back rounded vowel and a velar fricative, e.g., [oːx] or [uːx]. It is by far the sequence of letters with the most unpredictable pronunciation, having at least six pronunciations in North American English and over ten in British English. A few of the more common are: /uː/ as in "through" (cf. true). /ɔː/ as in "thought" (cf. taut). /oʊ/ as in "though" (cf. toe). /ɒf/ as in "cough" (cf. coffin). /ʌf/ as in "rough" (cf. ruffian). /aʊ/ as in "bough" (cf. to bow). /ə/ as in "thorough" (cf. about) [British English].<center><blockquote>Note that "slough" has three pronunciations according to meaning: /sluː/ (as in, "slogging through a slough of mud")[1] /slʌf/ (as in "to slough off") /slaʊ/ the town of Slough in Berkshire in England Other pronunciations can be found in proper nouns, many of which are of Celtic origin (Irish, Scottish, or Welsh) rather than English. For example ough can represent /ɔːɡ/ in the surname Coughlin, /juː/ in Ayscough and even /iː/ in the name Colcolough (/koʊkliː/) in Virginia [1]. The original pronunciation in all cases except hiccough was the one of lough. However the /x/ sound has disappeared from most modern English dialects. As it faded, different speakers replaced it by different near equivalents in different words (namely, /f/, /w/ → /ʊ/, /ː/, or /k/). The two "ough"s in the English place name Loughborough are pronounced differently, resulting in Luffburruh. Additionally, three parishes of Milton Keynes--Woughton /ˈwʌftən/, Loughton /ˈlaʊtən/ and Broughton /ˈbrɔːtən/--all have different pronunciations of the combination. Tough, though, through, and thorough are formed by adding an additional letter each time, yet none of them rhymes with another. [edit] Similar combinations A comparable group is omb, which can be pronounced in at least four ways: bomb, comb, sombre, and tomb. augh is visually rather similar to ough but admits much less pronunciation variation. /æf/, /ɑːf as in "laughter" /ɔː/ as in "daughter"</blockquote></center> <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_razz.gif" title=":P" class="bb_smilies" /> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/India.Mumbai.04.jpg"> leoNard on "comparing word origins" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/comparing-word-origins#post-13096 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:43:00 +0000 leoNard 13096@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" /> <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_cool.gif" title="8)" class="bb_smilies" /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solf%C3%A8ge">do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti </a><img src="http://directsealife.com/shop/images/Tank%20Bred%20Fish.jpg">Fishes~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ::::::::::: <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_rolleyes.gif" title=":roll:" class="bb_smilies" /> <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" /> ~~~&~~~Tank Bred Fish <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_lol.gif" title=":lol:" class="bb_smilies" /> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Dough.jpg">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **^** Dough is a paste made out of any cereals (grains) or leguminous crops by mixing flour with a small amount of water and/or other liquid. This process is a precursor to making a wide variety of foodstuffs, particularly breads and bread-based items (e.g., dumplings), including flatbreads, <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_cool.gif" title="8)" class="bb_smilies" /> and pancakes, noodles, crusts, pastry, and similar items. These includes all kinds of breads <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwcvmjVlyb0">Lil Scrappy - Money in the Bank - Bred 2 Die Born 2 Live</a><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Rumali_roti.jpg">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ Rumali Roti (Urdu: رومالی روٹی, Hindi: रुमाली रोटी) is a thin bread from the northern part of the Indian subcontinent and a traditional element in Mughlai cuisine. The word rumal means handkerchief in Urdu and Hindi, and the name rumali roti means handkerchief bread.<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/2006-02-05_13-11_100_1202.JPG">: ~~~~~~~~~~~Picture of Danish rye bread (rugbrød) and baguette bread slices, both with liver paté. Dansk: Leverpostej smurt på rugbrød og på en baguette <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_lol.gif" title=":lol:" class="bb_smilies" /> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/ClassicwhiteMantou.jpg">-----------------Mantou often referred to as humbao or Chinese steamed bun, is a kind of steamed bun originating in China. It is typically eaten as a staple in northern parts of China where wheat rather than rice is grown. Made with milled wheat flour, water and leavening agents, they are similar in nutrition and eating qualities to the white bread of the West.<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Saffron_bun_20051213_001.jpg"> ::::::::::::::::::::::----A Swedish-style saffron bun usually made during Christmas season, more specifically on Saint Lucy's Day.A bun is a small, usually sweet bread. Commonly they are hand-sized or smaller, domed in shape with a flat bottom. It can also mean a savory bread roll similar to a bap or barmcake. Basic buns are usually made using flour, sugar, milk, yeast, cardamom and butter. <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Matzos.jpg"> ___________________________ Matzah, Matzoh, or Matsah, Hebrew: מַצָּה‎, in Ashkenazi matzo or matzoh, and, in Yiddish, matze) is a cracker-like flatbread made of white plain flour and water. The dough is pricked in several places and not allowed to rise before or during baking, thereby producing a hard, flat bread. It is similar in preparation to the Southwest Asian lavash and the Indian chapati.__________________<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Sopaipilla.jpg">A sopaipilla, also spelled sopapilla or sopaipa, is a kind of fried pastry and a type of quick bread served in New Mexico [1] and Texas.<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Frybread.jpg"> :::::::::::::::: :::Fried bread (also spelled frybread or fry bread, also known as bannock) is a Native American food, found throughout the United States. Frybread is a flat dough fried or deep-fried in oil, shortening, or lard. The dough is generally leavened by yeast or baking powder.BREAD~~~to be High-Bred~~~China says: I want my bread....<center> a pure-bred, is an organism having certain biological traits which are passed on to all subsequent generations when bred with another true breeding organism for the same traits. In other words, to "breed true" means that two organisms with a particular, heritable phenotype produce only offspring with that (same) phenotype. In the case of a gene with multiple different alleles in the population, the genotype of a true breeding organism is homozygous. For example, a pure-bred variety of cat, such as Siamese, only produce kittens with Siamese characteristics because their ancestors were inbred until they were homozygous for all of the genes that produce the physical characteristics and temperament associated with the Siamese breed. </center> <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_rolleyes.gif" title=":roll:" class="bb_smilies" /> True breeding is also used to refer to plants that produce only offspring of the same variety when they self-pollinate. For example, when a true-breeding plant with pink flowers is self-pollinated, all its seeds will only produce plants that also have pink flowers. Gregor Mendel cross-pollinated true-breeding peas in his experiments on patterns of inheritance of traits. ................I was thinking well bred and fed by bread and a doe(dough)-nut, too...<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Simit-2x.JPG">....simit... <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_cool.gif" title="8)" class="bb_smilies" /> rough <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" /> tough <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_lol.gif" title=":lol:" class="bb_smilies" /> dough <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_twisted.gif" title=":twisted:" class="bb_smilies" /> COUGH...the thought is kNot taught <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" /> peace for PIECE....next!!!! Greatest Potential on "comparing word origins" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/comparing-word-origins#post-13081 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:53:21 +0000 Greatest Potential 13081@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <img src="http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c221/cthuluspet/inthenursery0at.gif"> <center>censer</center><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w_B4EIdZ9Q&feature=related"><center>censor</center></a><center>sensor</center> leoNard on "comparing word origins" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/comparing-word-origins#post-13078 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:35:42 +0000 leoNard 13078@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVKF8T7FURM">D O P E</a> <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_lol.gif" title=":lol:" class="bb_smilies" /> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Four_colors_of_pills.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Example_of_position-sm.jpg">Raise To raise is to increase the size of the bet required to stay in the pot, forcing all subsequent players to call the new amount if they wish to remain in. If the current bet amount is nothing, this action is considered the opening bet. A player making the second (not counting the open) or subsequent raise of a betting round is said to re-raise. Standard poker rules require that raises must be at least equal to the amount of the previous bet or raise. For example, if an opponent bets $5, a player may raise by another $5 (or more), but he may not raise by only $2. The primary purpose of the minimum raise rule is to avoid game delays caused by "nuisance" raises (small raises of large bets, such as an extra $1 over a current bet of $50, that have little effect on the action but take time as all others must call). This rule is overridden by table stakes rules, so that a player may in fact raise a $5 bet by $2 if that $2 is his entire remaining stake. In most casinos, fixed-limit and spread-limit games cap the total number of raises allowed in a single betting round (typically three or four, not including the opening bet of a round). For example in a casino with a three-raise rule, if one player opens the betting for $5, the next raises by $5 making it $10, a third player raises another $5, and a fourth player raises $5 again making the current bet $20, the betting is said to be capped at that point, and no further raises beyond the $20 level will be allowed on that round. It is common to suspend this rule when there are only two players betting in the round (called being heads-up), since either player can call the last raise if they wish. Pot-limit and no-limit games do not have a limit on the number of raises. If, because of opening or raising, there is an amount bet that the player in-turn has not paid, the player must at least match that amount, or must fold; the player cannot pass or call a lesser amount. <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/NH-Colliseum.gif">EtymologyFrom Middle English, from Old Norse reisa, from Proto-Germanic *raizjan (whence Old English rǣran and Modern English rear), causative form of *rīsan (“‘to rise’”). <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Apuleius1650.jpg">[quote]As Platonic allegory Apuleius's narrative of Cupid and Psyche has frequently been viewed as an allegory of Platonism: The tripartite division of the soul, the desire of the soul to be united with the divine, the fall of the winged soul to the earth because of its evil burden, and the distinction between the heavenly and the vulgar types of love are Platonic ideas, which, according to some scholars, resemble specific events in the tale of Psyche; thus Psyche's name, the portrayal of her character in relation to her two sisters, her futile attempt to seize Cupid and fly with him to the sky, and the ambiguous role the goddess Venus and her son Cupid play in the heroine's life are themes that seem to transform Apuleius' literary fairytale into a philosophical allegory <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_biggrin.gif" title=":D" class="bb_smilies" /> Synonyms: Gimcrack Synonyms: brassy (adj), cheap (adj), flash (adj), flashy (adj), garish (adj), gaudy (adj), loud (adj), meretricious (adj), tacky (adj), tatty (adj), tawdry (adj), trashy (adj) words134616 on "comparing word origins" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/comparing-word-origins#post-7861 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:32:11 +0000 words134616 7861@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ I was wondering if there could be any videos explaining why similar words have unrelated meanings, like destruction and deconstruction. Or even some very similar words that are opposites, like raise and raze.