tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post317808009069576393..comments2024-03-19T21:14:01.007-07:00Comments on The Compass Rose: Pinocchio's Paradox Curtis Favillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-80962508409563219892013-06-13T07:13:52.669-07:002013-06-13T07:13:52.669-07:00Precisely!
It's the changing, counter-intuiti...Precisely!<br /><br />It's the changing, counter-intuitive shifts in the meanings of words, and their various different adaptations which makes for confusion--or, put another way, their creative confusion.<br /><br />How a compressed spine is suggested by the root meaning of sway is still a mystery to me. The way that definitions get appropriated to words is often irrational. Maybe we could call camels "anti-hill horses." <br /><br />What do Gerber and Berber have in common? Processed meats and nomads. Gonads and hodags. Spearmint and spear-flint.Curtis Favillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-58461987237111092462013-06-12T19:57:04.665-07:002013-06-12T19:57:04.665-07:00According to the OED, the word "sway" ha...According to the OED, the word "sway" has been used with regard to the backs of horses since 1611, probably because "sway" can also mean to divert from a path--<br /><br />1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xxv. 94 We sweie From the streight lyne of iustice.<br /><br />GrahamGraham Foustnoreply@blogger.com