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.

3 comments:

Charles Gramlich said...

Definitely. Vespers and violet are two of my favorte words to say. They whisper like silk off the tongue.

jodi said...

Erik-How about voracious, vixen, venus, Vam? (Vam being my name frome 'home')

Erik Donald France said...

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!