tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post6469269839436034936..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: crocitation, relief, headlongAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-7298410286271218312010-01-26T12:01:27.795+00:002010-01-26T12:01:27.795+00:00Coming very late to the "cawcous"...
C...Coming very late to the "cawcous"... <br /><br />Crocitation was in Websters up till 1828. No idea when it started to die out.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284595314525240584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-19010168883694542202009-02-26T20:42:00.000+00:002009-02-26T20:42:00.000+00:00You've added two words to my vocabulary - drey (a ...You've added two words to my vocabulary - drey (a nidifice for squirrels) and corbeaux, a more romantic-sounding word for crow.<BR/>MarthaThe Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846997590157958766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-21681003161727294142009-02-26T16:34:00.000+00:002009-02-26T16:34:00.000+00:00The photographs are of the same crow. The two are ...The photographs are of the same crow. The two are seldom close enough to capture them as a couple. <BR/>Thank you, Martha, for the links. My goodness, those are good words - nidifice and artaloger, both. I shall look them up in the Oxford English Dictionary to see if they have survived. I have a copy in which the 10 volumes are condensed to two, but in microscopic type for which you need a special magnifying glass and a lot of patience.<BR/><BR/>Crow seems to be bird of the month, Lucy. Are there corbeaux down your way? I like the Scottish word for Crow, corbie, as in, As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making mane.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-41621394195408248772009-02-26T10:28:00.000+00:002009-02-26T10:28:00.000+00:00Relief, such as finding your wallet at home, can b...Relief, such as finding your wallet at home, can be as delicious and beautiful as anything.<BR/><BR/>What interesting crow-stuff!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-73089886393262496012009-02-26T05:08:00.000+00:002009-02-26T05:08:00.000+00:0012:04 am, Thursday, 2-26-09Joe! Did you take the ...12:04 am, Thursday, 2-26-09<BR/><BR/>Joe! Did you take the photos of the crows? Are they Mr and Mrs? Those are two of the best images of crows I've seen, and I have been collecting crow images for several years.<BR/><BR/>At the beginning of February, a cyber-acquaintance, Michelle (crows-feet.blogspot.com) issued a meme challenge to several of us. We were to visit a web site, www.savethewords.org, and adopt one or more words that were about to be eliminated from dictionaries - because they were not much used, and to make way for newer words.<BR/><BR/>I chose three words that seem to fit my Crow persona: crocitation, nidifice and aretaloger. See <BR/>http://sofieonecrow.blogspot.com/2009/02/michelles-challenge.html for an explanation of the challenge and of the words.<BR/><BR/>When I revisited savethewords.org this evening, the site has been withdrawn, no reason given. There is another site I visited, to try to learn more about the words: Compendium of Lost Words.<BR/><BR/>I used crocitation as the title of a post which illustrated the definition of aretaloger/aretalogy. <BR/>(http://sofieonecrow.blogspot.com/2009/02/crocitation-1-i-am-crow.html)<BR/><BR/>Perhaps if enough of us begin using some of these "lost" words, they won't disappear.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, perhaps we should leave well enough alone and let them each die a quiet, dignified death.<BR/><BR/>Thank you, Joe, for the lovely pictures of the crows, and for your interest in old, almost forgotten words.<BR/><BR/>(I think Dave's gotten into the spirit of this rather nicely, too!)<BR/><BR/>By the way, bonding and courtship are not the same behaviors as mating, though all three behaviors serve to reinforce each other. I've never seen my crows mating, but I've observed the bonding and the courtship behaviors several times. I posted about the courtship of crows in a post titled, "The Dance of the Crows."<BR/><BR/>MarthaThe Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846997590157958766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-65168131861247981222009-02-25T20:35:00.000+00:002009-02-25T20:35:00.000+00:00Okay, I'm game: I'll crocitate whenever I get the ...Okay, I'm game: I'll crocitate whenever I get the opportunity.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.com