Wednesday, December 2, 2009

LINGO

Author's Note: I can't say that one of my strengths is writing anecdotes, but I wrote this piece anyways to add some variety and really let my voice come through. This was a fun moment for me and it also has some, not much but some, intellectual level to it. Enjoy.

On December 1, during Language Arts class, Collin and I were engaged in a conversation of how we should make a word. We quickly decided that it should be a synonym for a synonym. Quite clever, eh? So, we started to think of names for our word. We first thought that we should have it start with an "x" or "z" just because those letters are uncommon but pretty nifty. Then somehow, I just pulled out the word "highlander" for no reason and I thought it was pretty good until Collin answered with:

"So our word is going to be a car?" I realized that, "highlander" definetly should not be the name. We kept on thinking for some sophisticated word that sounds shnazzy, so here it is:

hyterosis-noun-a word that has the same meaning as another word but is spelled differently-Synonyms: Synonym
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12 comments:

  1. Claire WagnerDecember 2, 2009 at 9:32 AM

    That's pretty clever. Though the word kind of sounds like a medical term.

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  2. Ryan HegnaDecember 2, 2009 at 9:34 AM

    hmm... haven't thought of that. That pretty cool though.

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  3. Derek JacobsDecember 2, 2009 at 10:03 AM

    Isn't that a real word?

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  4. Ryan HegnaDecember 2, 2009 at 10:18 AM

    Now it is. I dont know. If it is our meaning is better

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  5. The Slay PoetDecember 2, 2009 at 6:00 PM

    Wait...I'm confused. First off- would a synonym and a synomyn = a positive which is a antynom or is that a double negative or are they the smae things? Cinco- What does it mean and is Shnazzy in the dictonary?

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  6. Allison SamuelDecember 2, 2009 at 8:39 PM

    Wow that wasn't random at all.

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  7. Ryan HegnaDecember 3, 2009 at 9:44 AM

    shnazzy is not in the dictionary it just means amazingly cool. And Derek I just looked on dictionary.com it is not a word so that is good, and allison it wasn't at all.

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  8. skagirlcourtDecember 6, 2009 at 3:19 PM

    Wow. Cleverness abound. And the purple telletubby is your picture? :)

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  9. Ryan HegnaDecember 7, 2009 at 9:49 AM

    Ya totally Courtney. You know it is amazing :)

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  10. AlainaDecember 10, 2009 at 4:42 PM

    A synonym for the word synonym. That's pretty awesome. :) Wish I'd thought of that..

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  11. Sammy MarzDecember 11, 2009 at 10:03 AM

    That's awesome! And it totally sounds like a real word! I'm gonna start saying that.

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  12. Ryan HegnaDecember 11, 2009 at 10:04 AM

    narly

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