Word For The Day, Thursday, May 24, 2012 - chrestomathy

dictionaries ad nauseam | 24 May 2012 | Thursday's sub

[secret garden]

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

chrestomathy \kres-TOM-uh-thee\ , noun
A collection of selected literary passages.

Example sentences:
I had learned to read Sanscrit and to translate easy passages in the chrestomathy, and devoted myself with special zeal to the study of the Latin grammar and prosody.
-- Georg Ebers, The Story of My Life from Childhood to Manhood

This little chrestomathy preserves almost the only words of Atticus to have survived from antiquity.
-- Peter White, Cicero in Letters

Etymology:
Chrestomathy literally means "useful to learn" in Greek, from the roots chres- meaning "to use" and math- meaning "to learn."

The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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Review Threads:

Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate

WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!

[secret garden]

Rise and shine!

[secret garden]

Rise and shine!

[secret garden]

Double ping courtesy of proxy error at server.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Evangelical children labor over Biblical chrestomathy.

[Diogenesis]

This little chrestomathy from DUNE
is relevant today, is it not?.

"Laws to suppress tend to strengthen what they would prohibit.
This is the fine point on which all the legal professions of history
have based their job security."
- Bene Gesserit Coda

"Major flaws in government arise from a fear
of making radical internal changes even
though a need is clearly seen.
- Darwi Odrade

"Bureaucracy destroys initiative.
There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation,
especially innovation that produces better results than the old routines.
Improvements always make those at the top of the heap look inept.
Who enjoys appearing inept?
- A Guide to Trial and Error in Government, Bene Gesserit Archives

[secret garden]

A for you!

[secret garden]

That is timely! A+ for you.

[NicknamedBob]

I will forebear to post a chrestomathy of my poems, although it is doubtless that there are items useful to learn among them.

Where else would you be able to find, for example, such pithy observations as that “Roses are red”?

[left that other site]

Liberals invent their own chrestomathy of the Constitution.

[ConorMacNessa]

I offer, in the spirit of bi-partisanship, this chrestomathy of the Narcissist-in-Chief:

"One such translator was an American of Haitian descent, representative of the extraordinary work that our men and women in uniform do all around the world -- Navy Corpse-Man Christian Brossard."

"The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries."

"The Cambridge police acted stupidly."

"The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system."

"What I was suggesting -- you're absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith..."

"Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel's. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under a McCain...administration. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change."

"On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes -- and I see many of them in the audience here today -- our sense of patriotism is particularly strong."

I could go on; but why belabor the point - his statements are chock-full of such gems.



Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[SoothingDave]

Huh? How can I do math with toothpaste?

[xsmommy]

The beginning of a chrestomathy of the replacement of Uncle Joe....

[NicknamedBob]

"Huh? How can I do math with toothpaste?"

One must look for significant digits.

"Crest has been shown to be an effective decay-preventive dentifrice that can be of significant value when used in a conscientiously applied program of oral hygiene and regular professional care."

[NeoCaveman]

Slow Joe isn’t the problem, Obama is.

With that said, it would be kind of fun to see how Hillary would get Obama impeached by the middle of the term.

[NeoCaveman]

There’s going to be a whole chrestomathy on how Obamacare caused people to lose their coverage.

http://hotair.com/archives/2012/05/23/confirmed-2nd-catholic-university-dropping-insurance/

[SoothingDave]

I was dentrifrisked once by a hygienist.

[SoothingDave]

I’m pretty sure more people die from heart disease than pregnancy, so I’m still unclear why contraception has to be free while cholesterol medicine isn’t.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Well, I’ve been using it for just about as long as xsex has, but I’ve got to admit that brushing with chrestonmatheeth is best.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Obama read Commie chrestomathy
Said, “Lenin and Marx, boy, am I with thee!”
This wasn’t a whim
It made sense to him
Can’t fathom the right-wing’s antipathy?