amazing, never knew this
source: http://danielblochwitz.blogspot.com/2009/06/unheimisch.html
When I was searching for a term to describe my rather ambiguous relationship to a geographically, culturally and emotionally defined home, I came across the Dutch word unheimisch. Unheimisch makes me think of “uprooted” or “not at home”, but the Dutch adapted this word from my native language, mistakenly combining unheimlich (“eerie”) and heimisch (“native”, “domestic”, “[at] home”) to describe something as “uncanny”. And even though unheimisch would be such a beautiful and befitting word, it does not exist within the German vocabulary. It is a word that migrated from one language to another without ever having been at home in the former.
Friday, 1 July 2011
Jefferson Airplane - "Comin' Back"
beautiful first line
The summer had inhaled
And held its breath too long.
The winter looked the same,
As if it had never gone,
And through an open window,
Where no curtain hung,
I saw you, I saw you,
Coming back to me.
One begins to read between
The pages of a look.
The sound of sleepy music,
And suddenly, you're hooked.
I saw you, I saw you,
Coming back to me.
You came to stay and live my way,
Scatter my love like leaves in the wind.
You always say that you won't go away,
But I know what it always has been,
It always has been.
A transparent dream
Beneath an occasional sigh...
Most of the time,
I just let it go by.
Now I wish it hadn't begun.
I saw you, I saw you,
Coming back to me.
Strolling the hill,
Overlooking the shore,
I realize I've been here before.
The shadow in the mist
Could have been anyone--
I saw you, I saw you,
Coming back to me.
Small things like reasons
Are put in a jar.
Whatever happened to wishes,
Wished on a star?
Was it just something
That I made up for fun?
I saw you, I saw you,
Coming back to me.
The summer had inhaled
And held its breath too long.
The winter looked the same,
As if it had never gone,
And through an open window,
Where no curtain hung,
I saw you, I saw you,
Coming back to me.
One begins to read between
The pages of a look.
The sound of sleepy music,
And suddenly, you're hooked.
I saw you, I saw you,
Coming back to me.
You came to stay and live my way,
Scatter my love like leaves in the wind.
You always say that you won't go away,
But I know what it always has been,
It always has been.
A transparent dream
Beneath an occasional sigh...
Most of the time,
I just let it go by.
Now I wish it hadn't begun.
I saw you, I saw you,
Coming back to me.
Strolling the hill,
Overlooking the shore,
I realize I've been here before.
The shadow in the mist
Could have been anyone--
I saw you, I saw you,
Coming back to me.
Small things like reasons
Are put in a jar.
Whatever happened to wishes,
Wished on a star?
Was it just something
That I made up for fun?
I saw you, I saw you,
Coming back to me.
Thursday, 30 June 2011
Words - Various lovers
(origin: Merriam-Webster)
Pyrophile
Definition: one enthusiastic over fire or fireworks
About the Word: The prefix pyro- has an ancestor in the Greek pyr meaning "fire". Pyro- appears in dozens of terms, ranging from pyrotechnics (fireworks) to pyromania (an irresistible impulse to start fires).
Oenophile
Definition: lover or connoisseur of wine
About the Word: If oenophile – from the Greek oinos ("wine") + phile ("lover") – sounds too precious, alternatives include "wine wonk."
By the way, sommelier – the title of the wine steward at a restaurant – has humble origins. It comes from the Old French for "pack animal driver."
Ailurophile
Definition: cat fancier; lover of cats
About the Word: Ancient Egyptians loved cats and honored them by depicting gods and goddesses in feline form (for example, the goddess Bastet); still, the prefix ailur- (meaning "cat") crept into English as a gift from the Greeks.
Turophile
Definition: a lover of cheese; a cheese fancier
About the Word: This term – probably coined by an American radio host in 1938 – is far less commonly used than oenophile. Still, someone who passionately enjoys wine and cheese might be described as an oenophile turophile.
Cinephile
Definition: devotee of motion pictures; cineast
About the Word: Like bibliophile ("book lover"), cinephile was borrowed directly from French into English.
What's the difference between a cinephile and a "movie lover"? The distinction is vague, but cinephile – with its classical tone – suggests a scholarly interest.
Phonophile
Definition: collector or connoisseur of phonograph records
About the Word: Record lovers have long been coining terms for their passion. Gramophile comes from the Gramophone (phonograph) trademarked in the late 19th century.
Discophile dates to 1940. The similar audiophile (enthusiast of high-fidelity sound reproduction) appeared in 1951.
Astrophile
Definition: one fond of star lore; an amateur astronomer
About the Word: Astr, Latin for "star," turns up in the word disaster, which originally referred to "an unfavorable aspect of a star or planet."
Germanophile
Definition: one who approves or favors the German people and their institutions and customs
About the Word: Not surprisingly, other countries have their own admirers too: Anglophiles (England), Francophiles (France), Italophiles (Italy), Russophiles (Russia), Japanophiles (Japan), and Sinophiles (China).
Palaeophile
Definition: one fond of or informed about what is ancient
About the Word: Both palaios- and archaios- meant "ancient" in Greek, but while paleontologists study fossils, archaeologists study human artifacts. Of course, both paleontologists and archaeologists – and any lovers of antiquity – can be palaeophiles.
Xenophile
Definition: one attracted to foreign things (as manners, styles, or food)
About the Word: The Greek xenos means a stranger or guest; xenophobia ("fear of strangers") is more familiar than xenophilia.
However, xenophile makes an appearance in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Xenophilius Lovegood was interested in ideas far outside the mainstream wizarding world.
Zydepunks - "Angel Whiskey" (Finisterre)
I met her when I got to town
Killing time she'd never found
Dead men telling dead men's tales
Through dirty shades of gray
A who is you and where you at
A thousand words, a smile and dance
Ten shots of Jack for all my friends
Trembling at the hands
Angel Whiskey was her name
It's funny, it was all the same
Romancing in the Vieux Carré
Night turned into day
Eyes like starlight been and gone
A wicked laugh, forbidden song
My innocent caught up by sin
My Lucifer's true love
Angel Whiskey, my disgrace
I couldn't stare into your face
Your eyes stared cold and grey and true
Into an empty soul
Angel Whiskey, my disgrace
I couldn't stare into your face
Your eyes stared cold and grey and true
Into an empty soul
I curse the day I came to town
This dead man's dream, this widow's gown
This spirit from the devil's realm
Jealous to the end
The old folks in their drunken homes
The women roam like battered ghost
Hearts of men are turned to stone
Their children are the damned
In another city God forgot
I left my liver to the rot
Angel Whiskey, please don't leave me
To this fate of mine
Nighttime turning into day
No altar there for me to pray
Forgive me for a thousand nights
That I will never know
Life in dreary paradise
I lost my past but with a price
A wicked roll of the dice
Was all that it took
Gambling on another tab
Till break of dawn to pay them back
Testing fate in my Angel's lap
My sorry quest for love
Some say he took her from my side
Some say she left to kill my pride
With Whiskey as my only guide
You might guess that I was lost
When I stumbled in that wicked dawn
And I saw that she was gone
My heart sank like a tombstone
Into a lake of fire
Angel Whiskey, my disgrace
I couldn't stare into your face
Your eyes stared cold and grey and true
Into my empty soul
Nighttime turning into day
No altar there for me to pray
Forgive me for a thousand nights
That I will never know
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