Welcome to Litsy!

Entertaining and educating. If, like me, you've always wanted to know about the 'secret' language spoken in the emergency department of a hospital, or by cricket players, or among sound engineers, or... This book is for you.

#MarvellousMarch #readathon @Andrew65

Happy Jólabókaflód part 2!

Here‘re the family‘s treats…

Bugga is really excited about all holidays and we found some extra books to help him (and us all) with understanding ☺️

LeCarre for husband, bada$$ for little sister, Harvest for big sister, and Episode 13 for me.

Also, yes, chocolate abounds. ☺️
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My partner sent me this Instagram reel this morning. This word is so me and it's fun to say. According to urban dictionary it can also mean "to cuddle with, rub faces and noses with, and generally make a fuss over your pets" - which I also love to do. So snerdle is about to make a come back in my vocabulary ???
#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

Another Greek word for #weirdwordsWednesday . Οίκος is the Ancient Greek word for home. The modern word is σπίτι (spiti- gives us hospitality). The ancient root can be found in modern Greek words like οικονομία (economy), οικολογία (ecology), and οικογένεια (family, or the generation of the house). Oh, and the yogurt company as well (no clue why…). #weirdwords #mybigfatgreekwedding #kimono @CBee

Late because the Litsy app would not cooperate and let me add images last night! As an English professor, here are three of my favorite words to say out loud:
* onomatopoeia
* abecedarian
* soliloquy

Any other #TeachersOfLitsy want to chime in?

#TLT @dabbe

I haven‘t been doing as much reading lately. So, for this week‘s #weirdwords, I‘m going to dip into my Greek language class again, since it‘s taking up most of my brain space anyway. The word on my mind is περίπτερο which is the word for kiosk. What‘s interesting is it‘s an architectural word that has been in use since antiquity and can describe the Parthenon, an open building surrounded by columns. #weirdwordWednesdays @CBee

Scuppernong is the name of a cross stitch floss I‘m using. I thought it might be a nautical term although I couldn‘t figure out why it would be green. Obviously I was way off the mark. Now I want to travel to the southern US and try their grapes.

#WeirdWordWednesday

I‘ve been really enjoying my venture into learning Greek, even though I get overwhelmed at least once per day. So, for today‘s #weirdwordWednesday, I thought I‘d share another Greek root. Ναύτης is the Greek word for sailor, which can be seen in αστροναύτης, or astronaut, a sailor of the stars! When I heard that, I had to smile. It‘s such a beautiful idea contained in a word I never really thought about before. ☺️ I love it! #weirdwords @CBee

My trip to Greece last summer as a chaperone for a study abroad inspired me to learn Greek. This week I‘m finally digging in with the beginning of an online course. I had language classes in high school/college but I never seriously set my mind to them. I‘m determined to learn now. My word for #weirdwordsWednesday is φιλμ, or film, mainly because it‘s pronounced the same in both languages and I‘m grateful some words are gimmes. @CBee

When you love languages and you read a book by a linguist, you start to need 3 different highlighting colours for different informations... I can see myself becoming even more of a geek ;)