Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Veni, Vidi, Vici.
V words are cool. Off the top of my head, I particuarly love the sound of these V-words:
Vespers
vector
volatile
variable
variance
valence
valor
invincible
vivacious
vicious
viscous
victuals
viola
violent
video
violet
vent
Let's not forget excellent V names like:
Victoria
Victor
Vincent
Veronica
Venus
Vespa
Valerie
Valentine
Velentino
Funny thing is, a lot of Roman Latin words begin in V, but when the now ancient Romans walked the earth they pronounced V as if with a lisp, more like a watery W. Apparently. V also = 5.
Veni, vidi, vici: "I came, I saw, I conquered." -- Julius Caesar (47 BCE). Pictured above is a variant cover of Thomas Pynchon's V. (1963).
Any favorite V words out there?
Today's Rune: Movement.
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3 comments:
Definitely. Vespers and violet are two of my favorte words to say. They whisper like silk off the tongue.
Erik-How about voracious, vixen, venus, Vam? (Vam being my name frome 'home')
How could I forget voracious and vixen? Vam is cool, too.
At some point I need to do a post called "Bible Vixens" starring Bathsheba, Jezebel and more!
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