A Virgin
A Virgin - a blogger virgin that is... It took me days to decide upon a title for my blog and I still feel uncertain about it. For example, I wasn't sure if it should be 'petite' or 'petit', so I just went for it and put the 'e' on the end. Really, it's my blog and I can spell what I want - how I want! Ahhhhh, such freedom and yet I feel exposed and I've only just begun. Oh my, I can see this is going to be a process - letting myself let go and putting myself 'out there' for the world to see. I'm sure it will get easier with time.
So, I came across this word "Quodlibet" in a book I'm reading and just thought it was an interesting word. So, I looked it up and it turns out that it has a couple of different meanings; they are quite different meanings at that. Let me tell you a little bit about the word:
It is a noun. Oooohhhhh, so very interesting. If you aren't sure how to pronounce it (like moi) you can go onto the Merriam -Webster Online Dictionary and click on the little symbol and it will say it outloud for you. (This, by the way is a cool little feature I discovered only today - a day of learning it has been...) Those little pronunciation spellings in dictionaries ('kwad-la-"bet) are great if you know what all the little dots and dribbles mean, but otherwise it's not so helpful; that's on my "to learn" list.
Ok, moving on. In a nutshell, from what I can tell, quodlibet means 'whatever'. From latin it translates quite literally into: quod = what and libet = freely. From another source, it is described as "a mode of academic debate or oral examination". I just liked the idea that it was some kind of discussion on what ever turns your crank. That is exactly what I wanted out of a blog.
The word over time also came to be used to describe a piece of music or several pieces arranged in such a way to be humourous for the audience. Apparantly some believe Bach to have written one....but there seems to be some debate over that too. Anyway, I don't really care about that to be quite honest!!!
Anyway, that's it for now folks. It seems I've just lost my virginity and it wasn't so bad after all!!!
So, I came across this word "Quodlibet" in a book I'm reading and just thought it was an interesting word. So, I looked it up and it turns out that it has a couple of different meanings; they are quite different meanings at that. Let me tell you a little bit about the word:
It is a noun. Oooohhhhh, so very interesting. If you aren't sure how to pronounce it (like moi) you can go onto the Merriam -Webster Online Dictionary and click on the little symbol and it will say it outloud for you. (This, by the way is a cool little feature I discovered only today - a day of learning it has been...) Those little pronunciation spellings in dictionaries ('kwad-la-"bet) are great if you know what all the little dots and dribbles mean, but otherwise it's not so helpful; that's on my "to learn" list.
Ok, moving on. In a nutshell, from what I can tell, quodlibet means 'whatever'. From latin it translates quite literally into: quod = what and libet = freely. From another source, it is described as "a mode of academic debate or oral examination". I just liked the idea that it was some kind of discussion on what ever turns your crank. That is exactly what I wanted out of a blog.
The word over time also came to be used to describe a piece of music or several pieces arranged in such a way to be humourous for the audience. Apparantly some believe Bach to have written one....but there seems to be some debate over that too. Anyway, I don't really care about that to be quite honest!!!
Anyway, that's it for now folks. It seems I've just lost my virginity and it wasn't so bad after all!!!
posted by Quodlibet at 00:15
1 Comments:
I'm looking forward to reading them both!
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