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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
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11 comments:

  1. Shaun21 May, 2009 23:53

    I really like this picture....

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  2. That is the chicken22 May, 2009 06:55

    Nice shot...I'm guessing that you took this a whiles ago...or is your wheat already so far advanced?

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  3. AB22 May, 2009 09:26

    Nicely focuses on the form of the ears of corn.

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  4. Joan Elizabeth22 May, 2009 09:27

    Very nice shot. I must try something similar myself when the crops grow.

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  5. Martina22 May, 2009 17:40

    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 ... .

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  6. AB22 May, 2009 20:37

    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.

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  7. Julie22 May, 2009 21:53

    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.

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  8. Martina22 May, 2009 22:18

    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.

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  9. AB23 May, 2009 09:40

    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?

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  10. Julie24 May, 2009 06:30

    Now you're talking ... husky ears ... ears of corn listening to the wind blowing through the stalks ...

    Love this ...

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  11. Martina24 May, 2009 08:21

    Julie, this is quite "Shakespearean" ears of corn listening to the wind blowing through the stalks

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