blackandwhiteandcolours: "I'd known for months that it was liable to happen"

Thursday, May 21, 2009

"I'd known for months that it was liable to happen"

"I'd known for months that it was liable to happen" - The Slows by Gail Hareven

11 comments:

Shaun said...: I really like this picture....; 21 May, 2009 23:53
That is the chicken said...: Nice shot...I'm guessing that you took this a whiles ago...or is your wheat already so far advanced?; 22 May, 2009 06:55
AB said...: Nicely focuses on the form of the ears of corn.; 22 May, 2009 09:26
Joan Elizabeth said...: Very nice shot. I must try something similar myself when the crops grow.; 22 May, 2009 09:27
Martina said...: Chicken, I took this photo two or three days ago, not sure.

AB, ears? Ears! That is "Ähre", aha: Middle English ere, from Old English ēare; akin to Old High German ōra ear, Latin auris, Greek ous

Okay, perhaps it is only me finding this very interesting ... .; 22 May, 2009 17:40
AB said...: Ears! That is "Ähre", aha
Yup, somewhere after Old High German you Central Europeans went off and invented your own word.

Okay, perhaps it is only me finding this very interesting ...
I love etymological dictionaries.; 22 May, 2009 20:37
Julie said...: No no ... the discussions you have on language are fascinating. Keep them going.

I do like a closeup of seed heads like this. I especially like the many varieties of grass seeds.; 22 May, 2009 21:53
Martina said...: some more seeds for Julie today ...

AB, the ears of corn - an expression I did not know before - sounded very funny in my ears ("organ of hearing," O.E. eare, from P.Gmc. *auzon (cf. Dan. øre, Ger. Ohr, Goth. auso).) and I imagined a cornfield with hundreds of little ear conches (?) blowing gently in the wind.; 22 May, 2009 22:18
AB said...: Now I see. Ears of corn and ears of hearing are not etymologically related. Who would have guessed! And do you know the English word husk -- etymologically related to husky, to speak with a hoarse emotional voice, but not related to husky, a dog used to drag sledges?; 23 May, 2009 09:40
Julie said...: Now you're talking ... husky ears ... ears of corn listening to the wind blowing through the stalks ...

Love this ...; 24 May, 2009 06:30
Martina said...: Julie, this is quite "Shakespearean" ears of corn listening to the wind blowing through the stalks; 24 May, 2009 08:21