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To Know a Name

2009.05.23
"The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names."
— Chinese Proverb

Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.
—Salman Rushdie

Some to the fascination of a name,
Surrender judgment hoodwinked.
— William Cowper,

We call a fig a fig, and a skiff a skiff.
Ficum vocamus ficum, et scapham scapham
— Desiderius Gerhard Erasmus,

"If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone."
— Henry David Thoreau

"Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable."
— W. H. Auden

I wrote a short piece about names on my web page. Check it out. (May 22nd entry)Marginalia




17 Comments
mimax2 beautiful post! congrats :))
mimax2 · 2009-05-23: 09:37
urmysunshine awesome work, they fit together perfectly!!~
urmysunshine · 2009-05-23: 09:50
joycephotography Well done, great shots as well.
joycephotography · 2009-05-23: 10:45
FromMyInside #2!!!!!!!
FromMyInside · 2009-05-23: 12:54
nadoune Extraordinary !!!!
nadoune · 2009-05-23: 13:39
finbarr stunning shots !!
finbarr · 2009-05-23: 14:16
lookagain Fantastic post - both the words and the photos!! I love the pattern on the leaf in the first shot...
lookagain · 2009-05-23: 15:20
lynnsgallery2 Wonderful shots and as always perfect quotes :))
lynnsgallery2 · 2009-05-23: 15:52
glennis A really lovely post!
glennis · 2009-05-23: 18:09
tomie great set! with lovely shots!
tomie · 2009-05-24: 03:13
somogyvari Wonderful shots!
somogyvari · 2009-05-24: 04:43
JaCkYe Stunning :))
JaCkYe · 2009-05-24: 09:27
ShivaHaiNaa very beautiful post
ShivaHaiNaa · 2009-05-26: 00:05
relee Again, another wonderful post!! :))
relee · 2009-05-26: 07:09
domino the first one looks like a painting, all the photos are great!!
domino · 2009-05-26: 14:17
miclaud NIce post!!
miclaud · 2009-05-26: 15:55
camilleauteuil my name is Camille ... - and I love words ... "right names" ...
(and your posts ! :-) ... )
camilleauteuil · 2009-05-27: 08:43
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