Comments on: Compendium of Lost Words http://www.nikhilpahwa.com/2006/07/02/compendium-of-lost-words/ In the realm of ideas, everything depends on enthusiasm; in the real world, all rests on perseverance Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:57:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Ankit http://www.nikhilpahwa.com/2006/07/02/compendium-of-lost-words/#comment-479 Ankit Mon, 03 Jul 2006 05:08:00 +0000 http://www.mixedbag.in/2006/compendium-of-lost-words/#comment-479 Ohh, and Spannungsbogen. From <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_%28novel%29" rel="nofollow">Dune</A>: The Fremen were supreme in that quality the ancients called �spannungsbogen��which is the self-imposed delay between desire for a thing and the act of reaching out to grasp that thing. German root: arc (bogen) of tension (spannung). OK, I'll stop myself from adding any more words now. Ohh, and Spannungsbogen.

From Dune:
The Fremen were supreme in that quality the ancients called �spannungsbogen��which is the self-imposed delay between desire for a thing and the act of reaching out to grasp that thing.

German root: arc (bogen) of tension (spannung).

OK, I’ll stop myself from adding any more words now.

]]> By: Ankit http://www.nikhilpahwa.com/2006/07/02/compendium-of-lost-words/#comment-478 Ankit Mon, 03 Jul 2006 04:36:00 +0000 http://www.mixedbag.in/2006/compendium-of-lost-words/#comment-478 Simulacra definately. Can't have enough of that word. Simulacra definately. Can’t have enough of that word.

]]> By: The Unrest Cure http://www.nikhilpahwa.com/2006/07/02/compendium-of-lost-words/#comment-477 The Unrest Cure Mon, 03 Jul 2006 03:13:00 +0000 http://www.mixedbag.in/2006/compendium-of-lost-words/#comment-477 What's your favourite word, incidentally? Mine's paralepsis...any my favourite form of repartee. What’s your favourite word, incidentally? Mine’s paralepsis…any my favourite form of repartee.

]]> By: Ankit http://www.nikhilpahwa.com/2006/07/02/compendium-of-lost-words/#comment-476 Ankit Sun, 02 Jul 2006 22:58:00 +0000 http://www.mixedbag.in/2006/compendium-of-lost-words/#comment-476 I love his list of <a HREF="http://phrontistery.info/favourite.html" rel="nofollow">favorite words</A>. 'Tis Galimatias. I love his list of favorite words.

‘Tis Galimatias.

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