tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post113892394650544751..comments2023-08-29T02:42:23.063-05:00Comments on ¡Bemsha SWING!: Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1139007727629182182006-02-03T17:02:00.000-06:002006-02-03T17:02:00.000-06:00That's really fucking atavastic, Jonathan!That's really fucking atavastic, Jonathan!Joseph Duemerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07650314132179290321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1139003877318359072006-02-03T15:57:00.000-06:002006-02-03T15:57:00.000-06:00The confusion is morphological, phonological, and ...The confusion is morphological, phonological, and semantic. <BR/><BR/>Avatar = reincarnation of a Hindu deity<BR/>Atavistic = of or pertaitning to a genetic throwback, or "reincarnation" of a genetic trait absent from intermediate generation(s). <BR/><BR/>So we should have atavars as well as avatars.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1139003351016578882006-02-03T15:49:00.000-06:002006-02-03T15:49:00.000-06:00Why stop at "avatistic"? How about "avatastic" & "...Why stop at "avatistic"? How about "avatastic" & "atavistic"? I am a member of the Atavistic school of modern poetics. . . <BR/><BR/>I wonder if the confusion is sonic? t & v sounds are made at the very front of the mouth by touching the upper teeth with the tongue & the lower lip respextively. Maybe not so much sonic as kinetic? I belong to the Kinetivastic school of modern poetics. . .Joseph Duemerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07650314132179290321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1138937376806430152006-02-02T21:29:00.000-06:002006-02-02T21:29:00.000-06:00Padgett has a prose piece (that perhaps you've rea...Padgett has a prose piece (that perhaps you've read?) where he talks about "atavistic" and how every time he reads it he has no idea what it means and go gets the dictionary and looks it up and thinks Ah! I will never forget this again! and the next time he encounters it draws a total blank and repeats the encounter. <BR/><BR/>And I think for this exact reason I ALWAYS remember what "atavistic" means. Thanks, Ron!nicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14750255586533764933noreply@blogger.com