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Your site is refreshing! -val

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How about that! Another site devoted to logophilia. What a treat.

I was particularly pleased to see one of my favorite words, "celerity" in your Excursus #1.

In case you are interested, I contrast "celerity" with "alacrity", which most dictionaries give simply as a synonym. However, there is a slight difference in nuance.

Both words describe quickness, but I make this distinction: "celerity" describes the quickness with which one performs a task; "alacrity" describes the quickness with which one begins the task. Dictionaries reflect this distinction in describing "alacrity" as expressing eagerness or willingness.

When I command my children to perform some chore "with utmost of alacrity," I want them to begin right away, but I have not expressed how speedily they should work at the task. When I direct them to perform some task with celerity, I want them to perform the task speedily. However, I have neglected to tell them how soon they should begin. But when I care about how soon that task is completed, I instruct them that I want them to do it with "utmost of alacrity AND celerity."

For what it's worth, these words appear to have been incorporated into the business names of two modern high-tech corporations. Alacron (http://www.alacron.com/) makes frame grabbers and vision systems, which provide for high speed acquisition and digitization of visual images. Celeritek (http://www.celeritek.com/) makes products to support wireless transfer of data at high speeds. It was fun to discover some companies whose names were (apparantly) chosen by someone a little more literate than the average Joe.

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This is a nice site, I am glad I discovered it for myself. Very clear descriptions and definitions. Adn I love the idea of using previously introduced words in example sentences. They're fun to read (as much as to write, I'm sure) :-)

A small error I would like to point out...I came across the word "dacha" and noticed a spelling mistake: "Tsarkoye Selo" is really "Tsarskoye Selo", I'm pretty sure.

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Great site! I found it when I "asked Jeeves" the origin of the word "jock" to help settle a discussion a friend and I were having. Given my fascination with words, I'll be visiting frequently!

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I just ran across your site. Sometime in the future I'm sure going to send a longer e-mail! Word geneology is fascinating!