I 'm fairly sure that one of Mary Shelley's inspirations was the recent experimentation by Galvani - making the legs of dead frogs twitch by applying an electric current. Somewhere, I read about an electric shock administered to a recently-hanged criminal, which resulted in the corpse becoming briefly animated - grim, indeed - and I hope this was only a physical reaction.

My understanding of “fell” was always in the sense of being damned. Fallen angels come to mind. Felon hadn’t crossed my mind. But other than implying evil, there’s also the idea of hills/mountains. I live not far from a road called the Fellsway. And I’ve done some fell running, as well.

I saw Jess collaborating with Rob (of Robwords) and was impressed by her profound knowledge. Her vocal 'fry' interests me, too-as with the Chinese 'perfect pitch' theory discussed here, I'm researching how this voice feature originates in early development. In particular, one wonders why (unlike a local dialect) it is not adopted quasi-universally by girls raised in one area. Here in England, it is still much rarer than in the USA.

I do know I can't stop the flood, but I got my heart broken when Grammar Girl said " close proximity to" when it could have been said " in proximity with "

12:00 - I had always assumed that "arctic" comes from "arc", since an arc is part of a circle, and the arctic is associated with the arctic circle. I'm amazed to learn that it actually has a completely different origin.

Adam wasn't the monster. The doctor was. If you were to fast forward, the analogy applies, but to the creator of the thing that wielded havoc. Take from that what you will in our modern predicament in politics.

Seriously, only 5 comments, after 7 months in (as of June 1, 2024)??!! Come on, Word-Lovers, show some love - feed the Almighty Algorithm!! :-)

@MignonFogartyGrammarGirl

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Haha, thanks for the encouragement!

I adore you erudite women, and I shall obtain the book by Ms. Zafarris. But, do not be alarmed. I'm far too indolent to be a stalker.