News Flash: Vocabulary Podcaster Makes Vocabulary Error During Podcast
In a previous post I noted that I recently did an interview about The Princeton Review Vocabulary Minute, the podcast I create, and that during that interview I made a vocabulary error; I invited folks to identify it.
I am now officially annoyed by my own coyness in the matter and so will 'fess up. I said I lead a pretty hermetic existence
when of course I should have said I lead a pretty hermitic existence
Thus ends this hermeneutic entry.
I am now officially annoyed by my own coyness in the matter and so will 'fess up. I said I lead a pretty hermetic existence
hermetic |hərˈmetik| adjective 1 (of a seal or closure) complete and airtight : a hermetic seal that ensures perfect waterproofing. • insulated or protected from outside influences : a hermetic society. 2 (also Hermetic) of or relating to an ancient occult tradition encompassing alchemy, astrology, and theosophy. • esoteric; cryptic : obscure and hermetic poems.
when of course I should have said I lead a pretty hermitic existence
hermit |ˈhərmit| noun 1 a person living in solitude as a religious discipline. • any person living in solitude or seeking to do so. 2 a hummingbird found in the shady lower layers of tropical forests, foraging along a regular route. • Phaethornis and other genera, family Trochilidae: several species.
DERIVATIVES hermitic |hərˈmitik| adjective
Thus ends this hermeneutic entry.
posted by Tom Meltzer @ 1:20 PM
4 Comments:
At 5:01 AM ,
Anonymous said...
"On occasion criticism coming from the sole of your shoe serves to validate the self-critical nature of one's inner thoughts. For example,
1)I never should have made the movie "One-trick Pony".
2)There is no excuse for the gaffe of incorrect grammar when using the words hermetic and hermitic."
--Paul Simon as told to Brains The Clown
At 2:42 PM ,
Wendy said...
I like the photo. You a dunce? Never!
At 3:59 PM ,
Tom Meltzer said...
Brains--next to Paul Simon posting here himself, that was as good at gets.
Wendy--sadly, photographs do not lie.
At 2:56 PM ,
Anonymous said...
But what if you were a hermit through no fault of your own? Say you were hermetically sealed in your own lonely world, isolated from everyone?
In this case, I do believe the use of hermetic is correct. And that's what you meant. Right? Right? (wink)
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