http://blogs.e-rockford.com/woodonwords/2008/07/30/quell-squelch-and-quench/ Can't get enough words about words with Sunday's newspaper column? Then this blog's for you, my word-craving friend. I work the late shift, so don't look for responses until the next day. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:24:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/woodonwords/2008/07/30/quell-squelch-and-quench/#comment-110 Barry Wood Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:29:19 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/woodonwords/2008/07/30/quell-squelch-and-quench/#comment-110 Oh, those Scrabble squabbles! I was surprised to find "qua" in the dictionary. It's a form of the Latin word for "who," and in English means "in the function, character or capacity of." Fortunately, it's rarely used, except in the phrase "sine qua non," Latin for "without which not." In English, it means "as essential condition, qualification, etc.; indispensable thing; absolute prerequisite." In each instance, "sine qua non" saves you a bunch of letters. As for good old "aa," it's Hawaiian for a certain kind of lava. Not much call for it in the Midwest. One interesting thing about it: "aa" is only two letters, but it's also two syllables. There can't be many of those around. Oh, those Scrabble squabbles!
I was surprised to find “qua” in the dictionary. It’s a form of the Latin word for “who,” and in English means “in the function, character or capacity of.” Fortunately, it’s rarely used, except in the phrase “sine qua non,” Latin for “without which not.” In English, it means “as essential condition, qualification, etc.; indispensable thing; absolute prerequisite.” In each instance, “sine qua non” saves you a bunch of letters.
As for good old “aa,” it’s Hawaiian for a certain kind of lava. Not much call for it in the Midwest. One interesting thing about it: “aa” is only two letters, but it’s also two syllables. There can’t be many of those around.

]]> http://blogs.e-rockford.com/woodonwords/2008/07/30/quell-squelch-and-quench/#comment-108 Leonardo duh Vinci Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:22:20 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/woodonwords/2008/07/30/quell-squelch-and-quench/#comment-108 Your using the qu words, quench, quaff, reminds me of the Scrabble game "dictionary" and in it is the word qua. And, among others, it says aa is a word. Sometimes I'd like to take that dictionary and just squatch it. Your using the qu words, quench, quaff, reminds me of the Scrabble game “dictionary” and in it is the word qua. And, among others, it says aa is a word. Sometimes I’d like to take that dictionary and just squatch it.

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