Comments on: Watered Down Etymologies (Ocean and Sea)

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:48:20 +0000

Thank you, I found your script looking for an explanation for a poem in which Dylan Thomas creates a relation between the words SEE and SEA. These are the last verses of “Elegy”: “The rivers of the dead / Veined his poor hand I held, and I saw / Through his unseeing eyes to the roots of the sea”. We can also imagine a common meaning between SIGHT and SOUL, at least the poet seems to suggest all these things, very deep and complicated, that are certainly involved with linguistics.

By: Polprav

Polprav — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:38:16 +0000

Hello from Russia!
Can I quote a post “No teme” in your blog with the link to you?

By: Monthly Gleanings: October 2009 : OUPblog

Monthly Gleanings: October 2009 : OUPblog — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:29:06 +0000

[...] linguists called geniuses. My innocent conclusion to the post on the origin of the words sea and ocean called forth a few humorous remarks. I said that, in my opinion, Jacob Grimm (1785-1853) was a [...]

By: Walter Turner

Walter Turner — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:17:14 +0000

Ventris and Jones?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:40:23 +0000

Does mirror then come from meer?

By: Nathan Carlson

Nathan Carlson — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:41:03 +0000

…Walter W. Skeat and Frank Chance?
…Eric Hamp and Edgar Polome?
…Anonymous and M.M. Makovskii?

By: Jewellery Baby

Jewellery Baby — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:13:32 +0000

I love your humor. It always brightens up my day.

By: Chaka

Chaka — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:23:48 +0000

You’re going to leave us in suspense regarding the other two?