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....

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?

AB said...

Nicely focuses on the form of the ears of corn.

Joan Elizabeth said...

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

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 ... .

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.

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.

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.

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?

Julie said...

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

Love this ...

Martina said...

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

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