My Little Soapbox

ob·fus·cate /??bf??ske?t, ?b?f?ske?t/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ob-fuh-skeyt, ob-fuhs-keyt] –verb (used with object), -cat·ed, -cat·ing.

Nothing tickles me more when reading through my emails than finding new word. I’m going to try very hard to work it into a sentence today - for no other reason than to have a chance to say it. Where did I find this one? In an email about email cloaking on websites.

Words have been having an interesting place in the mind of my dear Jr. lately too. Specifically he’s been asking me about why things are called such or where did they decide that a “A” made an “ay” sound. Which has been fun for me because although I don’t know the answers off the top of my head. I do know enough bits an pieces about where words come from to entice him along while we find the answer.

Which brings me to my next thought:Latin. I’ve been seriously toying with the idea of introducing the boys to latin. I know many will say it is a “dead” language but my mother’s four years of latin was wondrous help in her Nursing studies. And I’m not necessarily wanting fluency - just exposure. Well actually I’m completely hoping that they will have an ear for language similar to their uncle. That they too will be hardwired to pick up languages with interest and ease. I like words and find languages beautiful to listen to but I do not soak them up like the sponge my brother can be with language.

Surely some of that genetic “spongeness” is in me too right?!