The joy of words

So, there can only be a couple of days a year, or maybe a decade, that the auspices come down from their trees, and make magic.

It happened to me yesterday.

I managed to use three of my very favourite English words in a less than 3 hours.

First up was Borborygmi. A colleague was apologising for her noisy stomach. That has to be my very favourite word. I guess it is also a favourite of http://blogborygmi.blogspot.com/ too. These medics, eh? Oh and for everyone’s education : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borborygmus

Second was ungulate. Such a woody word, that. I knew that taking zoology at Uni would be good for something. Never really knew quite what, but if for no more than dropping ungulate into conversation ( well, an irc chat to be more specific ), it was worth a year of my life

And then, heavens above,  within seconds, we had onomatopoeia ! What a glorious conjunction of heavenly words.

Reminds me of splunk - but that would be looking to much at work and the IT business ….

Ah yes - and the Lunar eclipse was a bit of a washout last night in the UK. Guess we have to wait for the next one. It has been clear at night now for over a wee k : and of course the night of the eclipse, it has to be warm and cloudy. Bummer. Oh well.