Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Word of the Week!

Thanks for all the great words! The entries were:

  • Peppercheese - I could not find a denintion of this word, but since Mster says it when she has pizza, I think it is an abbreviation of "peperonie-cheese." Mster was simply saying she wanted some pepperoni and cheese pizza – I hope you listened to her!
  • Colloquial – Characteristic of or appropriate to the spoken language or to writing that seeks the effect of speech; informal. Relating to conversation; conversational.
  • Concomitant - Occurring or existing concurrently.
  • Concatenate – To connect of link in a series or chain; (adj) connected or linked in a series.
  • Imaginariness – Having existence only in the imagination, unreal. This word can also releate to Mathematics: of, involving, or being an imaginary number.

This week's word of the week is:

Colloquial!!!

In my class we are currently exploring the theories of different learning styles put forth by Dr. Sternberg and Dr. Gardner. Dr. Gardner is the man behind the well known 7 multiple intellegences, but I find his articles and books difficult for the layperson to read. Dr. Sternberg, however, who discusses his theory of "successfull intellegence" through outlining what he calls "analytical, practical, and creative intellegences" writes much more colloquially. Through his writings, he opens a conversation with the reader to foster greater communication and learning.

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3 comments:

Matt said...

w00t!

trivium: 3 of today's words started with the Latin prefix "con". con-comitant, con-catenate, and in a process called assimilation, the n became an l in col-loquial.

Con means together, or at the same time/along with, and you can see this in the sense of all these words:

Colloquial references conversation or people talking together, concomitant things happen concurrently or at the same time, concatenate means to connect or join together.

But again, w00t!

Fishfrog said...

Shut up, smart ass. Boo! Hiss!!!

Matt said...

Oh, you're just jealous.

And don't tell me you weren't thinking the same thing, Mr. "musings on Latin prose rhythms"!