Your useless trivia for the day...

[Redstone]

I just used the word "mnemotic" in a reply to a post. You may know that the word "mnemotic" means, roughly, "something that jogs your memory."

But do you know where the word derives from? (Yes, I know that should be "from where the word derives," but I'd rather be readable than grammatically correct.)

It derives from the Greek goddess Mnemosyne (pronounced "nem-os-se-ne), which I thought for years was pronounced "Nem-O-Sine." Shows you what happens when you learn how to read words before you've heard them pronounced, doesn't it?

Redstone

[rug]

1. That stuff is always useful.

Knowing where the word comes from enriches that word. Tantalizing, for instance.

[MiddleFingerMom]

2. I would have guessed it's a variation of MN-emetic...

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... (which translates literally to "Minnesota - brings back").
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It's an herbal preparation that makes any cheese that you've eaten in
the last three hours repeat on you... so that even when you're out of
cheese -- you're not really out of cheese.
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I know these things because I once sat next to a Minnesotan on a flight
from Chicago to Dallas/Ft Worth. She told me.
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Even though the First Rule of MN-emetic Club is you don't... well, you know.
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Signed,
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... ... ... ... MiddleFinger "I'm So Midwestern I Put Mayo on My Oatmeal" Mom
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[HopeHoops]

3. I always liked "titivate".

It just sounds "naughty".

[nolabear]

4. I always thought that about "paradiddle".

I thought something else about it but it's too un-PC to mention.

[hippywife]

5. That is not useless trivia.

Anything that actually educates is not trivia. :hi: