So do you know the Italian word for it? Italian's such a lovely language, it can't be worse. Then again, the English word derives from Latin, so the Italian word might not be much better.
yeah, exactly, both languages derive it from the latin (manustupration, or something). ick. in italiano, it's masturbazione. ah well. we're stuck with ugly names for it. ha
Hey, the English language got most of its Latinate words from the Norman conquerors, didn't it? So while we sit around eating our Freedom fries, we can blame the French for the ugly word too! Now I'm wondering what the Anglo-Saxon word for it might have been.
ahem well , as daisy says "ahem". hummingbirds now are interesting and your icon reminds me of a nice thing in biography of poet ee cummings how he says to biographer that when he leaves town the humming birds all come and sort of bow and just then six humming birds appear at bottom of window rise to top and then go down to the bottom again... +S.
oh, how wonderful! like the skylarks coming to the window in the merton poem! (i told you about my love for that "jail for ladies" poem, didn't i?) what a lovely thought. :)
Oh, that is wonderful! It's so rare around here to see more than one hummingbird at once, unless perhaps you're in a garden specially designed to attract hummingbirds. The birds such bright little things I can't help but smile whenever I see one.
Last Summer when Dandelion and I were out west visiting a friend in Northern Minnesota, we saw bunches of hummingbirds at the feeder our friend's parents had set up. Dandelion even tried photographing one, although I don't believe she had much success.
No hummingwolfs, though. They seem to be an East Coast species. *smyles*
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are interesting and your icon reminds me of a nice thing
in biography of poet ee cummings how he says to biographer
that when he leaves town the humming birds all come and
sort of bow and just then six humming birds appear at
bottom of window rise to top and then go down to the
bottom again... +S.
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it but will look it up...+S.
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merton's poem
beautiful
something reminds me of garcia lorca
I dont know what and anyway that is
just litrary chat at best, but it
is very fine thank you.
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No hummingwolfs, though. They seem to be an East Coast species. *smyles*
-Rick
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