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Project Discussions:  Farmgirl Grammar - Word of the Day  |
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notathreatinsight
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Erin
Monroeville
IN
USA
702 Posts |
 Posted - Apr 12 2016 : 06:28:43 AM
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| For those who want to participate in earning this badge, this is where we can post our word of the day. This badge will be difficult for me, because I'm always "laughing out loud" at everything! I'm going to make an honest effort to improve my grammar. Join in if you wish! |
- Erin - Sister # 3762
Farmgirl of the Month - March 2016
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
1846 Posts
Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
1846 Posts |
Posted - Apr 12 2016 : 06:39:33 AM
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| My word for the day is acquiesce. (I think it may be my spelling word for the day as well, as I would not have been able to spell it, had I only heard it). I may have my children start using the words of the days, as well, with the oldest, at least, spelling it. Hopefully, they will acquiesce fully, rather than half-heartedly. |
~ Shannon, Sister #5349
Farmgirl of the Month January 2016
http://hudson-everydayblessings.blogspot.com/ |
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GinghamGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
914 Posts
Joyce
PE
Canada
914 Posts |
Posted - Apr 12 2016 : 07:41:05 AM
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| My word for the day is garrulous (talk a lot). This should be fun :) |
Joyce Hein
Sister #6071
April 2016 Farmgirl of the Month |
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debbieklann
True Blue Farmgirl
3011 Posts
Debbie
Madras
OR
USA
3011 Posts |
Posted - Apr 12 2016 : 4:13:03 PM
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| I finished this one a couple of months ago but am going to follow you girls' words of the day! This will be fun! |
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
January 2020 FGOTM
"Well behaved women seldom make history"...
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
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guineahen
Farmgirl in Training
35 Posts
Andrea
Hawley
Pa
USA
35 Posts |
Posted - Apr 12 2016 : 6:05:10 PM
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| Being facetious (flippant, treating serious issues with inappropriate humor)is something I have passed onto the next generation. |
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
1846 Posts
Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
1846 Posts |
Posted - Apr 12 2016 : 6:46:38 PM
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| Andrea - I LOVE using that word!!!! All of my children use, including my two year old. It certainly gets some looks! Joyce - I didn't know your word, and tried to add it in my day today, as well. |
~ Shannon, Sister #5349
Farmgirl of the Month January 2016
http://hudson-everydayblessings.blogspot.com/ |
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guineahen
Farmgirl in Training
35 Posts
Andrea
Hawley
Pa
USA
35 Posts |
Posted - Apr 13 2016 : 03:37:08 AM
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| That made me smile Shannon because my Dad was always telling me to stop being facetious. I didn't know what it meant cause he wouldn't tell me and I was too stubborn to look it up. Must be so cute, your two year old saying this. This nascent thread will be quite a learning experience. Nascent=beginning to exist, recently formed. |
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notathreatinsight
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Erin
Monroeville
IN
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Apr 13 2016 : 05:21:41 AM
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I need to give myself some guidelines for this one, or I'll just be flipping through the dictionary forever. I'm going to try to focus on farm-related words. Some of you will already know these words, but I'm a girl who grew up in the Chicago suburbs, so they're new to me!
Pastoralist - a sheep or cattle farmer, a writer of pastorals
Which of course led me to...
Pastoral - a work of literature portraying an idealized version of country life |
- Erin - Sister # 3762
Farmgirl of the Month - March 2016
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GinghamGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
914 Posts
Joyce
PE
Canada
914 Posts |
Posted - Apr 13 2016 : 06:41:57 AM
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I like that idea, Erin!! I'm going to choose words that begin with the letter "G".
So, today's word is: gazump - to accept a higher price for a house after a lower offer has already been accepted from a prospective buyer. I love the sound of this word...it sounds so funny! "They gazumped us!" |
Joyce Hein
Sister #6071
April 2016 Farmgirl of the Month |
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guineahen
Farmgirl in Training
35 Posts
Andrea
Hawley
Pa
USA
35 Posts |
Posted - Apr 14 2016 : 03:41:03 AM
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| Virulent (bitterly hostile)When the jealous locals were virulent to the wealthy tourists they hurt their own economy. The area where I live gets swamped by tourists. So much so, that we avoid shopping on weekends! But we know to not be openly virulent... |
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GinghamGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
914 Posts
Joyce
PE
Canada
914 Posts |
Posted - Apr 14 2016 : 04:57:51 AM
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I love that word, Andrea. I also love how you used it :)
My word of the day is "geodesic". I'm sure many of you knew the definition of this word, but I did not. It refers to the shortest possible line between two points on a curved surface. Not sure how to use this one today. I may need to use it purposefully in homeschool today :)
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Joyce Hein
Sister #6071
April 2016 Farmgirl of the Month |
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
1846 Posts
Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
1846 Posts |
Posted - Apr 14 2016 : 06:48:00 AM
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I just realized I never posted yesterday's word... It was anachronism, which was fun to use for school!!! (something or someone is not in its correct historical or chronological time period, such as a black powder musket is an anachronism in modern warfare.)
Today's word is: circumspect (watchful, discreet, cautious)... His circumspect behavior saved him from getting caught up in the ambush. |
~ Shannon, Sister #5349
Farmgirl of the Month January 2016
http://hudson-everydayblessings.blogspot.com/ |
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notathreatinsight
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Erin
Monroeville
IN
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Apr 14 2016 : 2:11:44 PM
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My word of the day is "metayage". A system of farming in which rent is paid as a percentage of crops yielded, and in which the owner usually provides the farmer with seed and stock.
If it becomes too difficult to find farm words, I might switch. We'll see. |
- Erin - Sister # 3762
Farmgirl of the Month - March 2016
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guineahen
Farmgirl in Training
35 Posts
Andrea
Hawley
Pa
USA
35 Posts |
Posted - Apr 15 2016 : 03:40:59 AM
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| Mendacious=lying. Is it always easy for the parent to spot the mendacious child? |
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GinghamGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
914 Posts
Joyce
PE
Canada
914 Posts |
Posted - Apr 15 2016 : 09:32:09 AM
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| Galvanize - a cause to become excited or active. |
Joyce Hein
Sister #6071
April 2016 Farmgirl of the Month |
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debbieklann
True Blue Farmgirl
3011 Posts
Debbie
Madras
OR
USA
3011 Posts |
Posted - Apr 15 2016 : 12:11:34 PM
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Hi Girls:
I am really enjoying following along with you and your daily word of the day! I am finishing up my expert level badge in Farmgirl Grammar and I emailed Brian and asked him if I could just post a note here instead of writing a letter to our local editor.
We live in a fairly small town with an even smaller, weekly newspaper. Our paper is NOTORIOUS for its bad grammar and writing! I told Brian that if I were to write a letter to the editor (who considers herself quite the Ernest Hemingway) extolling the virtues of proper syntax and precise communication, I would really come across as a grammar snob! Not fun if you are living in a small town!
I finish these badges I read both Woe is I and Eats, Shoots and Leaves. They were similar in many instances and both had good grammar rules to remember and follow. Reading both reminded me of the hours spent in English class all through grammar school and junior high! We had the best grammar teacher in the 6th grade and I am amazed at after reading these books that she could actually remember all of these rules!!! But she instilled in us back then the importance of proper grammar. I feel that each generation is losing some of that desire to be a good speaker. While I'm thinking about that, we are also losing the art of letter writing! So much of our writing now has become impersonal. And the actual WRITING of the letter....how many schools are trying to eliminate cursive writing? Who needs good penmanship when you have a keyboard and spell check? How fun it is to go back and read letters from days gone by! People put so much thought and eloquence into their letter writing!
So much of what we write is common sense....you can stop and ask yourself... how does that really sound? I don't think it's so important to get hung up on the "rules"....although some are important. I think grammar is something we can always work on and continue to improve ourselves each day. |
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
January 2020 FGOTM
"Well behaved women seldom make history"...
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
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debbieklann
True Blue Farmgirl
3011 Posts
Debbie
Madras
OR
USA
3011 Posts |
Posted - Apr 15 2016 : 12:12:25 PM
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| I also have a copy of the book Woe is I that I would be happy to pass along to anyone that wants to read it! No charge....just happy to share! |
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
January 2020 FGOTM
"Well behaved women seldom make history"...
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
1846 Posts
Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
1846 Posts |
Posted - Apr 15 2016 : 2:50:04 PM
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| Clandestine - done in secret for the purpose of deception... makes me think of the clandestine meetings the FDA surely has, to discuss GMOs.... |
~ Shannon, Sister #5349
Farmgirl of the Month January 2016
http://hudson-everydayblessings.blogspot.com/ |
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
1846 Posts
Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
1846 Posts |
Posted - Apr 16 2016 : 5:04:20 PM
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conundrum: a riddle that includes a pun or play on words, or something puzzling
I seriously have fallen in love with this word today! I cannot tell you how many times I have looked at my children and said "well that is a conundrum, isn't it?" |
~ Shannon, Sister #5349
Farmgirl of the Month January 2016
http://hudson-everydayblessings.blogspot.com/ |
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notathreatinsight
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Erin
Monroeville
IN
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Apr 16 2016 : 6:17:56 PM
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Debbie, I agree with you about the rules. My husband is an English major, and he's always correcting me on my grammar. I have a hard time with bring and take. It's "bring toward" and "take away", but I always mix them up. I'm always asking him to bring something upstairs. He's always saying my past participles are incorrect too, but I don't know what those are! :)
I missed my word for yesterday!
Predial - of or relating to land or its products
Arid - having little or no rain; too dry or barren to support vegetation
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- Erin - Sister # 3762
Farmgirl of the Month - March 2016
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GinghamGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
914 Posts
Joyce
PE
Canada
914 Posts |
Posted - Apr 16 2016 : 6:34:49 PM
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| galactophagist - milk drinker. I am an avid galactophagist. That word just sounds so funny to me. I sure am having fun using it today in every situation I can, which is often considering how much we all drink milk in this house! This has been my favourite word so far. |
Joyce Hein
Sister #6071
April 2016 Farmgirl of the Month |
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guineahen
Farmgirl in Training
35 Posts
Andrea
Hawley
Pa
USA
35 Posts |
Posted - Apr 17 2016 : 03:32:46 AM
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| While spending the winter months reading seed catalogs, it is easy to forget the recalcitrant (stubborn, hard to manage, defying authority) weeds. Now that Spring gardening is here, weeds will soon be ubiquitous (being or seeming to be all places at once). (Words for yesterday and today) |
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GinghamGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
914 Posts
Joyce
PE
Canada
914 Posts |
Posted - Apr 17 2016 : 6:24:05 PM
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| To go along with yesterday's word....galactophorous - carrying milk. My cow is galactophorous :D |
Joyce Hein
Sister #6071
April 2016 Farmgirl of the Month |
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guineahen
Farmgirl in Training
35 Posts
Andrea
Hawley
Pa
USA
35 Posts |
Posted - Apr 18 2016 : 5:29:11 PM
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| Perspicacious=having strong insight and understanding. I hope to be remembered as a caring and perspicacious woman. |
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GinghamGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
914 Posts
Joyce
PE
Canada
914 Posts |
Posted - Apr 18 2016 : 5:55:35 PM
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| gallionic - uncaring or indifferent. The child had a gallionic attitude towards his chores. |
Joyce Hein
Sister #6071
April 2016 Farmgirl of the Month |
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
1846 Posts
Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
1846 Posts |
Posted - Apr 18 2016 : 6:30:29 PM
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yesterday's was didactic: intended for instruction
today's was egregious: extraordinary, but in a bad way
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~ Shannon, Sister #5349
Farmgirl of the Month January 2016
http://hudson-everydayblessings.blogspot.com/ |
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Project Discussions: Farmgirl Grammar - Word of the Day |
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Farmgirl Grammar - Word of the Day
