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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 26, 2025 is: circuitous ser-KYOO-uh-tus adjective If something—such as a path, route, or journey—is described as circuitous, it is not straight, short, and direct, but rather takes a circular or winding course. Circuitous can also describe speech or writing that is not said or done simply or clearly. // He took a circuitous route to town, stopping at several of his favorite shops even though it added minutes and miles to his trip. // While either method will yield the correct answer, one is far less circuitous and therefore considered superior. See the entry > Examples: “… like Alice tumbling down the rabbit hole, Ms. Lakey took a circuitous path to open a psychedelic community center. It involved a stint in the Amazon rainforest, a pen-pal in a maximum security federal prison and an auspicious meeting at a sushi restaurant in New Mexico.” — Rachel Nuwer, The New York Times, 8 Oct. 2023 Did you know? In J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, the titular hero Bilbo Baggins takes a circuitous route to the Lonely Mountain, which he helps to reclaim from a monstrous dragon. Although he successfully arrives there—and returns home again—we do not use the adjective circuitous to suggest that his path traces a perfect circle. We'll get straight to it: although both circuitous and its relative circuit share roots in circus, the Latin word for “circle” (and ancestor of the English words circle and circus), neither need conjure something shaped like, say, a ring. Just as the noun circuit can refer to an indirect route, circuitous describes routes which can appear circular when mapped, but can also be jagged, squiggly, etc. The point is that a journey such as Bilbo's is not straight, short, or direct, but rather rambling. When used figuratively, circuitous describes something that is not said or done simply and clearly; an example might be a rambling speech about manners in dangerous situations when a direct “Never laugh at live dragons” would suffice.
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Today we will talk about Japanese holidays. In this episode, you will learn how to say months, dates and the day of the week in Japanese! Please enjoy!
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Today we will talk about weather and natural disasters. Through this episode, you will learn some important words about natural disasters and how to have a conversation about weather in Japanese. Please enjoy!
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 17, 2024 is: circumlocution ser-kum-loh-KYOO-shun noun Circumlocution refers to the use of many words to say something that could be said more clearly and directly with fewer words. Usually encountered in formal speech and writing, circumlocution can also refer to speech that is intentionally evasive. // The judge coughed and pointed to her watch, clearly impatient with the attorney's tiresome circumlocutions in defense of his client. See the entry > Examples: “The slight stiltedness of her … English merges with the circumlocution of business-school lingo to produce phrases like ‘the most important aspect is to embrace a learning mind-set' and ‘I believe we're going to move forward in a positive way.'” — Noam Scheiber, The New York Times, 1 Oct. 2023 Did you know? In The King's English (1906), lexicographers H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler advised, “Prefer the single word to the circumlocution.” It's good advice: using more words than necessary to convey a point can confuse and annoy one's audience. Circumlocution itself combines two Latin elements: the prefix circum-, meaning “around,” and locutio, meaning “speech.” In essence, circumlocution may be thought of as “roundabout speech.” Since at least the early 16th century, English writers have used circumlocution with disdain, naming a thing to stop, or better yet, to avoid altogether. Charles Dickens used the word to satirize political runarounds in the 1857 novel Little Dorrit with the creation of the fictional Circumlocution Office, a government department that delayed the dissemination of information and just about everything else.
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for February 14, 2024 is: Cupid KYOO-pid noun Cupid is the Roman god of erotic love. The word cupid in lowercase refers to a figure that represents Cupid as a naked usually winged boy often holding a bow and arrow. // She purchased a large Valentine's Day card decorated with hearts and cupids. See the entry > Examples: "Michelangelo's talent as a sculptor first drew attention after a failed attempt at art fraud. The cardinal who purchased his fake antique cupid statue was so impressed with Michelangelo's work that he invited the artist to Rome for a meeting." — The Williston (North Dakota) Daily Herald, 4 Mar. 2022 Did you know? According to Roman mythology, Cupid was the son of Mercury, the messenger god, and Venus, the goddess of love. In Roman times, the winged "messenger of love" was sometimes depicted in armor, but no one is sure if that was intended as a sarcastic comment on the similarities between warfare and romance, or a reminder that love conquers all. Cupid was generally seen as a good spirit who brought happiness to all, but his matchmaking could cause mischief. Venus wasn't above using her son's power to get revenge on her rivals, and she once plotted to have the beautiful mortal Psyche fall in love with a despicable man. But the plan backfired: Cupid fell in love with Psyche, and she eventually became his immortal wife.
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 18, 2023 is: lacuna luh-KOO-nuh noun Lacuna is a formal word that refers to a gap or blank space in something—in other words, a missing part. When used with respect to biology, lacuna also refers to a small cavity, pit, or discontinuity in an anatomical structure. // The absence of hemlock pollen from one stretch of the fossil record is a notable lacuna that suggests the tree may have once suffered from some type of blight that nearly wiped out the species. // An osteocyte is a cell that is isolated in a lacuna of bone. See the entry > Examples: “When civil war broke out in 1642, the ensuing chaos was disastrous. ... In her new novel, ‘The Manningtree Witches,' A.K. Blakemore explores the consequences of that chaos for a group of village women through the viewpoint of a narrator named Rebecca West. West, a true historical figure, was among those prosecuted in Essex. Blakemore's novel adheres to these events but fills in the lacunae in the documents.” — Lorraine Berry, The Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2021 Did you know? If you find yourself drawing a blank when it comes to the definition of lacuna, it might help to imagine drawing water instead, ideally from a lake or lagoon. Lacuna, lake and lagoon all come ultimately from lacus, the Latin word for “lake.” Latin speakers modified lacus into lacuna to form a word meaning “pit,” “gap,” or “pool.” When English speakers borrowed the term in the 17th century, they used it to refer to a figurative gap in or missing portion of something, such as information or text. (Note that lacuna comes with two plural options: the Latin lacunae luh-KYOO-nee or luh-KOO-nye or the anglicized lacunas luh-KOO-nuz.) Lagoon, meanwhile, hewed closer to the Latin lacuna, referring first to a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or connected to a larger body of water, and later to a shallow artificial pool or pond.
Today we say hello to our listeners on KYOO in Bolivar, Missouri. Just up the road in Stockton, town residents once prepared to defend their...
With all eyes are on it, these are the stories of Korea's culture from the very pages of its literature. Introducing Kim Jin-kyoo's novel [To Swallow the Moon], we will learn about strict rules of Joseon. Translated by Sora Kim Russell
With his debut release 'Between The Suns' out now on Anjunadeep Explorations 19, Korean producer Moon Kyoo steps up to mix this week's Anjunadeep Edition
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 15, 2021 is: circumlocution ser-kum-loh-KYOO-shun noun 1 : the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea 2 : evasion in speech Examples: "Yorgos Lanthimos' The Favourite is set in the early 18th century at the court of England's Queen Anne but don't expect any elaborate euphemisms and elegant circumlocutions.… [The] dialogue … cuts straight to the heart of things while frequently cutting to the quick, as well." — Sandra Hall, The Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald, 21 Dec. 2018 "Every journalist has it drummed into them at an early age that you cannot end an article with the phrase 'time will tell,' which is why you often see circumlocutions in the concluding paragraph of features or opinion columns such as 'it remains to be seen' or 'the real test is yet to come.'" — John Rentoul, The Independent (London), 1 Aug. 2020 Did you know? In The King's English, grammarian H. W. Fowler advised, "Prefer the single word to the circumlocution." Alas, that good advice was not followed by the framers of circumlocution. They actually used two terms in forming that word for unnecessarily verbose prose or speech. But their choices were apt; circumlocution derives from the Latin circum-, meaning "around," and locutio, meaning "speech"—so it literally means "roundabout speech." Since at least the early 16th century, English writers have used circumlocution with disdain, naming a thing to stop, or better yet, to avoid altogether. Charles Dickens even used it to satirize political runarounds in the 1857 novel Little Dorrit with the creation of the fictional Circumlocution Office, a government department that delayed the dissemination of information and just about everything else.
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for October 7, 2020 is: pecuniary pih-KYOO-nee-air-ee adjective 1 : consisting of or measured in money 2 : of or relating to money Examples: "The theft from interstate or foreign shipment carries a maximum potential penalty of 10 years in prison and is punishable by a fine of $250,000 or twice the amount of the pecuniary gain or loss from the offense." — The U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey, press release, 27 July 2020 "In a commercial environment, news organizations have to balance pecuniary concerns with their duties as journalists." — Ethan Epstein, The Washington Times, 5 Nov. 2019 Did you know? Pecuniary first appeared in English in the early 16th century and comes from the Latin word pecunia, which means "money." Both this root and Latin peculium, which means "private property," are related to the Latin noun for cattle, pecus. Among Latin speakers (as among many other populations, past and present) cattle were viewed as a trading commodity, and property was often valued in terms of cattle. Pecunia has also given us impecunious, a word meaning "having little or no money," while peculium gave us peculate, a synonym for embezzle. In peculium you might also recognize the word peculiar, which originally meant "characteristic of only one" or "distinctive" before acquiring its current meaning of "strange."
BONUS- I'm excited to release an end of the week additional episode. Earlier this week I sat down with MT Kyoo, an up and coming hip-hop artist from right here in Birmingham. I'm excited to have the chance to talk with him about his career so far, his take on the state of Birmingham hip hop, and he drops some of the details of his latest releases for us •Be sure to review and subscribe!• MT Kyoo Social's and Content YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2x5wehGRAX7iN86ercLzHQ Instagram:@kyooofficial Twitter:@mt_kyoo • My social media Instagram:@CC_1823 Twitter:@calvincullen18
Reverend Jon Turner leads us in the Amida-Kyō (阿弥陀経) chant.
Lots of people use dictionaries not for the definitions--who cares about those?--but for the pronunciations. Steve and Kory talk about how those pronunciations came to be, and why the pronunciation editor gets to watch TV all day instead of getting a REAL JOB. They explain what that stupid bananapants alphabet that American dictionaries use for pronunciations is, drop some hot history on how pronunciations got into dictionaries, and go very inside-baseball on how editors figure out which pronunciations to include when they get stuck. Kory talks about Walter Cronkite and lingerie; Steve talks about flaps. And if that wasn't enough, did you know that dictionaries enter the "noo-KYOO-lur" pronunciation of "nuclear"? They sure as shootin' do! BONUS FEATURES: - Arthur the Rat! - Tattoos! (Steve's, not Kory's)- The dankest of nerd memes- Stamper Mispronunciation Index: 1 intentional, 1 unintentional, 1 disputed
En la lección de hoy vamos aprender algunas frases de supervivencia en japonés para utilizar en un restaurante en Japón. A continuación os dejamos las estructuras de frase escritas en romaji para que podáis seguir mejor la lección: Saludo de bienvenida al entrar en un restaurante: Irasshaimase!! ¿Cuál es el menú de hoy: Kyoo no ranchi wa nan desu ka? ¿Tienen alguna recomendación?: Osusume wa nan desu ka. Para pedir un plato en concreto de la carta: o onegaishimasu, o bien o kudasai. Para pedir la cuenta: Okaikei o onegaishimasu. Si vamos acompañados, y queremos pagar por separado, diremos: Betsu betsu de, onegaishimasu. Y finalmente, para preguntar si podemos pagar con tarjeta: Kaado ga tsukaemasu ka.
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This week on "A Way with Words": What's in YOUR spice rack? Say you're cooking up a pot of chili, and you need to add more of that warm, earthy, powdered spice. Do you reach for a bottle of KOO-min? KYOO-min? Or are you going to add KUMM-in? The pronunciation given in dictionaries may surprise you. Also: some people have a problem with using the word issue instead of problem. And if you're talking to a group of men and women, be careful about using the term you guys. Plus, sharp as a marshmallow sandwich, the phrase of an evening, what your paycheck has to do with salt, and tips for breaking bad grammar habits.FULL DETAILSCumin, a spice often used in chili powder, is easy to think of as an exotic ingredient with an equally exotic pronunciation. But many dictionaries insist that its pronunciation rhymes with comin.'Someone on the dull side might be described as sharp as a marshmallow sandwich.If you're talking to group of people of mixed genders, it's fine to address them as You guys. After all, English lacks a distinctive second-person plural. Still, if the usage offends someone, it's best to address them in whatever way makes them feel comfortable.The gold or silver light you see shimmering on the water at night is called moonglade or moonwake. Similarly, the sun shining on the water is called sunglade or sunwake.Broken pieces of pottery, commonly known as shards, are also referred to as sherds by professional archaeologists. What word is both a verb meaning to make shiny and clean and a demonym for the people of an Eastern European country? Our Quiz Guy John Chaneski asks this and other questions in his game, Word Olympics.Dutch people are no more prone than anyone else to splitting the bill at a restaurant, so why is that practice called going Dutch? Listener K.C. Gandee, a whitewater rafting guide from Bethel, Maine, tipped us off to lingo from his world. Dead-sticking is when the guide is doing all the paddling and no one else is. A lily dipper is someone who barely paddles while everyone else works hard. Dump-trucking is when the raft nearly capsizes and everyone in it gets thrown out. When you have a habit of using a particular bit of poor grammar, rote exercises like writing out a script to practice may help you get past it. Practicing the correct usage by singing to yourself may work, too.To sip a mint julep on the veranda of an evening may be a distinctly Southern activity, but the phrases of an evening or of a morning, meaning "in the evening" or "in the morning," go back at least to the 1600s and the Diary of Samuel Pepys. If you're making a salary, be grateful that it's paid out in dollars and not salt. In antiquity, salt was a valuable commodity, and the term salary comes from the Latin salarium, the portions of salt paid to Roman soldiers.Open your kitchen cupboard or a cookbook, and chances are you'll come across a lot of spices and peppers with recognizable names that you still can't pronounce properly, like turmeric, cayenne, and habanero. We often give foreign-sounding inflections to foreign-looking words, and many times we're wrong.To do me a solid or do someone a solid, meaning "to do someone a favor," may be related to the slang term solid meaning "a trustworthy prison inmate."A listener from Madison, Wisconsin, has an issue with the word issue. She doesn't like it being used as a synonym for problem. But the American Heritage Usage Panel has come around to accepting the new use of issue, so if that's a problem, take issue with them.Tautologies in names are pretty funny, like the Sahara Desert, which basically means "Desert Desert," or the country of East Timor, which in Malay means "East East."Let's settle this once and for all: George Bernard Shaw is responsible for the sentiment behind the quote, "Youth is wasted on the young." But Fred Shapiro's Yale Book of Quotations indicates that the history of the saying isn't so simple.This episode was hosted by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett.--A Way with Words is funded by its listeners: http://waywordradio.org/donateGet your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:Email: words@waywordradio.orgPhone: United States and Canada toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673London +44 20 7193 2113Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771Donate: http://waywordradio.org/donateSite: http://waywordradio.org/Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2015, Wayword LLC.
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This week on "A Way with Words": What's in YOUR spice rack? Say you're cooking up a pot of chili, and you need to add more of that warm, earthy, powdered spice. Do you reach for a bottle of KOO-min? KYOO-min? Or are you going to add KUMM-in? The pronunciation given in dictionaries may surprise you. Also: some people have a problem with using the word issue instead of problem. And if you're talking to a group of men and women, be careful about using the term you guys. Plus, sharp as a marshmallow sandwich, the phrase of an evening, what your paycheck has to do with salt, and tips for breaking bad grammar habits.FULL DETAILSCumin, a spice often used in chili powder, is easy to think of as an exotic ingredient with an equally exotic pronunciation. But many dictionaries insist that its pronunciation rhymes with comin.'Someone on the dull side might be described as sharp as a marshmallow sandwich.If you're talking to group of people of mixed genders, it's fine to address them as You guys. After all, English lacks a distinctive second-person plural. Still, if the usage offends someone, it's best to address them in whatever way makes them feel comfortable.The gold or silver light you see shimmering on the water at night is called moonglade or moonwake. Similarly, the sun shining on the water is called sunglade or sunwake.Broken pieces of pottery, commonly known as shards, are also referred to as sherds by professional archaeologists. What word is both a verb meaning to make shiny and clean and a demonym for the people of an Eastern European country? Our Quiz Guy John Chaneski asks this and other questions in his game, Word Olympics.Dutch people are no more prone than anyone else to splitting the bill at a restaurant, so why is that practice called going Dutch? Listener K.C. Gandee, a whitewater rafting guide from Bethel, Maine, tipped us off to lingo from his world. Dead-sticking is when the guide is doing all the paddling and no one else is. A lily dipper is someone who barely paddles while everyone else works hard. Dump-trucking is when the raft nearly capsizes and everyone in it gets thrown out. When you have a habit of using a particular bit of poor grammar, rote exercises like writing out a script to practice may help you get past it. Practicing the correct usage by singing to yourself may work, too.To sip a mint julep on the veranda of an evening may be a distinctly Southern activity, but the phrases of an evening or of a morning, meaning "in the evening" or "in the morning," go back at least to the 1600s and the Diary of Samuel Pepys. If you're making a salary, be grateful that it's paid out in dollars and not salt. In antiquity, salt was a valuable commodity, and the term salary comes from the Latin salarium, the portions of salt paid to Roman soldiers.Open your kitchen cupboard or a cookbook, and chances are you'll come across a lot of spices and peppers with recognizable names that you still can't pronounce properly, like turmeric, cayenne, and habanero. We often give foreign-sounding inflections to foreign-looking words, and many times we're wrong.To do me a solid or do someone a solid, meaning "to do someone a favor," may be related to the slang term solid meaning "a trustworthy prison inmate."A listener from Madison, Wisconsin, has an issue with the word issue. She doesn't like it being used as a synonym for problem. But the American Heritage Usage Panel has come around to accepting the new use of issue, so if that's a problem, take issue with them.Tautologies in names are pretty funny, like the Sahara Desert, which basically means "Desert Desert," or the country of East Timor, which in Malay means "East East."Let's settle this once and for all: George Bernard Shaw is responsible for the sentiment behind the quote, "Youth is wasted on the young." But Fred Shapiro's Yale Book of Quotations indicates that the history of the saying isn't so simple.This episode was hosted by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett.....Support for A Way with Words comes from The Ken Blanchard Companies, celebrating 35 years of making a leadership difference with Situational Leadership II, the leadership model designed to boost effectiveness, impact, and employee engagement. More about how Blanchard can help your executives and organizational leaders at kenblanchard.com/leadership.--A Way with Words is funded by its listeners: http://waywordradio.org/donateGet your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:Email: words@waywordradio.orgPhone: United States and Canada toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673London +44 20 7193 2113Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771Donate: http://waywordradio.org/donateSite: http://waywordradio.org/Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2014, Wayword LLC.
鶏肉、買いにいこうか?とりにく、かいに いこうか?Tori niku, kai ni ikoo ka?¿Quieres que vaya a comprar pollo?うん。ささみともも。うん。ささみと もも。Un. Sasami to momo.Sí. Pechuga y muslo.両方買って来て。りょうほう かってきて。Ryoohoo katte kite.Compra los dos.手羽先は?てばさきは?Tebasaki wa?¿Y alitas?今日は要らない。きょうはいらない。Kyoo wa iranai.No hacen falta hoy.Después de las partes de la cara y las partes del cuerpo, hoy os presentamos las partes del pollo. El pollo ha sido un concepto muy importante para la humanidad desde tiempos inmemoriales, y así lo es también para los japoneses.Y una cosa que se nos ha quedado fuera del vídeo es que "momo" son los muslos de pollo, pero los muslos humanos se llaman "futomomo". Más información aquí abajo en el vocabulario.Vocabulario interesante:鶏 (とり, tori): Pollo.肉 (にく, niku): Carne.皮 (かわ, kawa): Piel.ささみ (sasami): Pechuga de pollo.もも (momo): Muslo de pollo.太もも (ふともも, futomomo): Muslo de persona.両方 (りょうほう, ryoohoo): Ambos.手羽先 (てばさき, tebasaki): Alitas de pollo.要る (いる, iru): Ser necesario (要らない / iranai = no hace falta, no lo quiero).