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LIN 203 H1F English Words
Fall 2011 Elan Dresher
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LIN 203 H1F English Words
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The Wealth of English
LIN 203 H1F English Words
[1849 ‘G. ELIOT’ Let. 5 Aug. (1954) I. 293 ‘Die Angst’ she says often brings on a pain at her heart.]
1922 C. J. M. HUBBACK tr. Freud Beyond Pleasure Princ. ii. 9 Apprehension (Angst) denotes a certain condition as of expectation of danger‥even though it be an unknown one.
1941 Philosophy XVI. 260 To Heidegger Angst, dread, is the fear of metaphysical insecurity.
Oxford English Dictionary (OED) angst, n. Pronunciation: /ˈæŋst/ Etymology: German Anxiety, anguish, neurotic fear; guilt, remorse.
1944 ‘PALINURUS’ Unquiet Grave 22 Angst may take the form of remorse about the past, guilt about the present, anxiety about the future.
1950 A. HUXLEY Themes & Variations 202 To acedia and confusion, to nightmare and angst, to incomprehension and panic bewilderment.
1956 C. P. SNOW Homecomings viii. 65 Discussing other people whose lives were riven by angst—it domesticated her wretchedness a little to have that label to pin on.
1964 New Statesman 10 Apr. 574/1 Telly-angst is a natural corollary of architectural news-angst generally.
Oxford English Dictionary (OED) angst, n. continued
Oxford English Dictionary (OED) angst, n. continued
COMPOUNDS Comb., as angst-forming, -ridden, -wrought adjs. 1944 ‘PALINURUS’ Unquiet Grave 43 There need be nothing angst-
forming about the sexual act.
1958 Times 14 Feb. 6/1 (Advt.), The..contrast drawn between those years and our Angst-ridden era.
1958 Observer 27 Apr. 15/3 Petrushka is a tied-up angst-wrought neurotic.
Oxford English Dictionary (OED) angst, n. continued DRAFT ADDITIONS FEBRUARY 2005 ˈangsty adj., characterized by angst.
1956 Oxf. Mag. 75 84/2 (heading) *Angsty young men. 2003 A. GREENWALD Nothing feels Good ii. 31 The kids in high
school liked moshing to the angsty sounds of grunge, but it didn't make them feel any better when they were home alone in their bedrooms.
angst, n. Second edition, 1989; online version June 2011. <http://www.oed.com.myaccess. library.utoronto.ca/view/Entry/7626>; accessed 11 September 2011. First published in A Supplement to the OED I, 1972.
Urban Dictionary "(http://www.urbandictionary.com)"
1. angsting The action of being angsty (anxious, depressed, moody, negatively emotional). Usually practiced by teens.
I spent the afternoon angsting alone in my room.
by Skye Sep 25, 2004 35 up, 9 down
2. angsting (verb) the act of banging your head repeatedly against the nearest wall and saying "angst" over and over in a monotone voice.
Rick was not surprised to find Page angsting, he knew she had just lost a contest to get free passes to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
by 42IsTheMeaningOfLife Mar 6, 2010 6 up, 2 down
Google (http://www.google.com)
!angst! !about 102,000,000 results"!angsty !about 2,840,000 results"!angsting !about 149,000 results"
"anxiety !about 165,000,000 results"!anxious !about 73,600,000 results"
!Accessed September 12, 2011!
English is a great borrower
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) King Richard II, Act 2, scene 1
The English love of variety (1)
John of Gaunt:
This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands,-- This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.
This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear'd by their breed and famous by their birth, Renowned for their deeds as far from home, For Christian service and true chivalry, As is the sepulchre in stubborn Jewry, Of the world's ransom, blessed Mary's Son, This land of such dear souls, this dear dear land, Dear for her reputation through the world, Is now leased out, I die pronouncing it, Like to a tenement or pelting farm:
This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands,-- This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.
Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969 - 1974) The Dead Parrot Sketch
(Graham Chapman, et. al., All the Words: Volume One, Pantheon Books/Random House, Inc, 1989.)
The English love of variety (2)
It's dead, that's what's wrong with it.
The plumage don't enter into it -- it's stone dead.
That parrot is definitely deceased.
It's bleeding demised.
It's not pining, it's passed on. This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to meet its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch, it would be pushing up the daisies. It's rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot.
Native versus Latin adjectives
Native Latin
fatherly paternal
brotherly fraternal
*unclely avuncular
Native versus Latin verbs and nouns Native Latin
bury inter
leave depart
rot decay
light illumination
speed velocity
Native versus Latin verbs
Native Latin
end terminate
give donate
hurt injure
lie prevaricate
Native versus Latin verbs
Native Latin
end terminate
Cannot be divided into meaningful parts
termin-ate termin-al
de-termin-e don-ate
prevaric-ate
Notes on the Greek and Latin morphemes (word elements):
Meaning
phil ‘liking’
Anglo-phil-e ‘someone who likes English things or people’
Morpheme Gloss
Notes on the Greek and Latin morphemes (word elements):
Meaning
anthrop ‘human’
anthrop-o-log-y ‘the study of humankind’
Morpheme Gloss
log ‘study’
We might expect then that:
philanthropy = phil-anthrop-y
but in fact it more commonly means ‘the generous donation of money to good causes’
should mean ‘liking humankind’
that is, a more specialized way of liking humankind.
Notes on the Greek and Latin morphemes (word elements): Pronunciation and spelling
iatr ‘heal’
psych-iatr-y
Morpheme Gloss
iatr-o-genic
ped-iatr-ic-ian
Notes on the Greek and Latin morphemes (word elements): Pronunciation and spelling
phil ‘liking’
Anglo-phil-e
Morpheme Gloss
Notes on the Greek and Latin morphemes (word elements):
Mnemonics
anthrop ‘human’
anthrop-o-log-y ‘the study of humankind’
Morpheme Gloss
log ‘study’
Notes on the Greek and Latin morphemes (word elements):
Mnemonics
iatr ‘heal’
psych-iatr-y ‘branch of medicine concerned with healing the mind
Morpheme Gloss
psych ‘mind’
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LIN 203 H1F English Words
Fall 2011 Elan Dresher
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