A list of 12 words by slumry.
- lumber-roomwas added by slumry and appears on just this list
- lacamaswas added by slumry and appears on just this list
- Nootkatonewas added by slumry and appears on just this list
- alteritywas added by slumry and appears on 39 lists
- gnomicwas added by slumry and appears on 70 lists
- Mamlukwas added by slumry and appears on just this list
- mamelukewas added by slumry and appears on 5 lists
- barrel vaultwas added by slumry and appears on 3 lists
- mamookwas added by slumry and appears on just this list
- gild-feastwas added by slumry and appears on just this list
- morrow-speechwas added by slumry and appears on 3 lists
- Nootkawas added by slumry and appears on 2 lists
vendingmachine commented on the list one-thing-leads-to-another
Kindly explain this list, slumry. Nootka leads to Nootkatone? Mamluk leads to mameluke?
July 15, 2015
slumry commented on the list one-thing-leads-to-another
VM, thanks--your question prompted me to notice an omission in my comment on Nootkatone. I edited the comment to mention grapefruit.
July 15, 2015
slumry commented on the list one-thing-leads-to-another
To answer your question, this list is about the discursiveness of Wordnikking on one particular day. The process is necessarily idiosyncratic.Nootka is used in a variety of names--Nootka rose, Nootka Sound, Nootka cedar and, I learned, Nootkatone for example.
mamuk is commonly rendered mamook in the Chinook Jargon. A typo in one web reference used mamuk instead of mamluk; mamluke is another transliteration of mamluk. There are several others.
Whew, was that as painful for you as it was for me?
July 15, 2015