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Metaphor school

French literature

Metaphor school

METAPHOR, n. Well, it’s week three and I’m already breaking the rules. This word isn’t from Romance roots, since it’s Greek, and much like last week’s choice “ambiguous,” “metaphor” is highfalutin enough that it didn’t undergo much sound change. It was imported directly from

No doubt about it

French literature

No doubt about it

I write in my notebook with the intention of stimulating good conversation, hoping that it will also be of use to some fellow traveler. But perhaps my notes are mere drunken chatter, the incoherent babbling of a dreamer. If so, read them as such. —Basho, translated by Sam Hamill, “The

French literature

Small joys

SEXY LEXICOGRAPHY, or, a word of the week PORTMANTEAU, n. This word, in its first sense, means a suitcase, usually a leather one that opens into two equal parts. It comes to English via the French porte-manteau (or portemanteau, let’s not split hyphens), literally “carry-coat,” although in French, it