Month: January 2007
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haecceity
While looking up a word in the dictionary to improve my Scrabble score, I came across a word I hadn’t seen before: haecceity (hek’si:ɪtɪ). It’s the word to describe an object’s essence, or thisness, which makes it distinguishable from other similar objects. What a wonderful word! And I never would have found it if I’d…
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Under the Tuscan Sun
Watched this on DVD again tonight. Another one with a “if you build it they will come” sort of message, which I think I have more respect for than I used to. Lindsay Duncan’s character was entertaining with her bits of advice and philosophy.