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Word of the Day (WOD)
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douglas
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Word of the Day (WOD)
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Good Morning, Afternoon, Evening Everyone!
I have graciously been chosen to select the latest Word of the Day. So, in keeping with this holiday season, the Word of the Day for today is:
hagiology
Have fun providing us with your own "wacky definiton" of hagiology, but please do not tell us the real meaning of the word. I will select the winner and provide the real definition much later.
"Let the games begin!"
Douglas |
20 Dec 2010
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ohermann
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It is quite a new university subject at the University of Edinburgh. Forty years ago, some of the deans and university professors at the School of Divinity and School of Philosophy who were extremely keen on cooking the traditional Scottish food called HAGGIS started disputing about it. Ten years later they came to conclusion to start this new subject at the university. And today, you can get a PhD if you are able to prepare it with the right presentation and commentary.  |
20 Dec 2010
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Zora
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first of all let me say Merry Christmas, and very nice word Douglas!
Obviously, Hagiology is the study of historically famous and infamous "hags". The most infamous hag being - "Henrietta the Hag" who lived in the sleepy village of Hagford. Henrietta is accredited with being, the famous hag from the fairytale Hansel and Gretel who enticed children into her cooking pot with candy.
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20 Dec 2010
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Apodo
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Hagiology is of course the study of hags.
(Though why someone would want to study frightful ugly old women, I can �t imagine.)  |
20 Dec 2010
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edrodmedina
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Fans of Johnny Quest will surely know that hagiology is of course the study of the coolest of the members of the team of adventurers, the one who knew magic and could get Johnny out of perilous situations. No I don �t mean Bandit but non-other than Johnny �s faithful sidekick Hadji. Hagiology is he study of Hadji which is offered in many Junior Colleges throughout the States. |
20 Dec 2010
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Zora
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I saw that magneto! LOL oh well, as you said "great minds think alike".
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20 Dec 2010
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gloriawpai
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I think it �s an English version of the Japanese word Hajimete, which means, first time
Sugoi konna no
hajimete : this is awesome, this is the first time i saw something like this
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20 Dec 2010
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libertybelle
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Oh drat! Zora stole my definition! I bet we �re both mentioned in the syllabus for famous ESL Hags of all time! Yep - we �re just a couple of hags! 
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20 Dec 2010
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MarionG
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Here, familiarity with English transcriptions of the Hebrew language comes in handy..
Since English doesn �t have a letter equivalent in sound to the eighth Hebrew letter (a soft �g � sound), all words starting with that letter are akwardly transcribed with an �h �. (much to my students amusement)
The word �holiday �- or Holy Day- is therefore transcribed as �hag �.
It follows that �hagiology� is the study of the origins and customs of different religious holidays. The fact that you get to spend most of them with a couple of old hags (mother in law, her sister, her aunts and their mother) has nothing to do with the origin of the term but serves as a nice trick to remember the meaning of the word...mnemonics at work ;)
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20 Dec 2010
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