selcouth is unique, uncommon, rare

callipygian is having a shapely bottom

Oh, they're great! And you're definitely both. Does the dictionary also say how you pronounce them? I need to know, for when I look for opportunities to combine them in conversations (um, not that I get to converse a lot in English, but I can always plan ahead).

no pronuncian on the calendar. M-w.com says :

Pronunciation: 'sel-"küth

Pronunciation: "ka-l&-'pi-j(E-)&n

Thanks! New words! Yay!

(I need to Google and find the meaning behind the pronunciation symbols. I need to do it for a little forever, because I keep needing that, but I never do. Oh, well.)

Nilly, if you go to Dictionary.com and look up a word, after they write out the pronounciation of a word, you'll see a link with the text "Pronounciation Key". If you click that, a little window will pop up that explains the symbols.

Here, go to callipygian: [link]

The site does have a sound file, but it's only available to for-pay users (which I'm not, so I can't help, there).

Thanks, Cindy! I'm usually using either m-w or answers.com (um, when I'm not looking straight for an Hebrew translation, or when the English-Hebrew dictionaries fail, which happens more often than not, sadly enough). Now, I have another link.

Nilly! ::waves::

I had just assumed callipygian was derived from Calypso, Odysseus' lover, and pronounced it accordingly.

I want bagels for breakfast, but that would mean running out to buy some. Hmmm.

Burrell! How wonderful to post with you!

How are you and yours doing? When is the semester over for you?

Oh the semester ended in May, but now I am teaching summer school because we could use the extra cash.

We are all fine. The kids are very big, and Franny is quite a talker. How are you doing these days?

Hi, Nilly! ::waves::

now I am teaching summer school

It's funny how you're already teachng the summer semester, while our spring (is that how you call it?) semester still has two more weeks to go.

Those schedules are different for different schools, in the USA, right? Here we have one date for elementary school (summer vacation starts on the 1st of July), another of high school (summer vacation starts on the 21st of June), and the universities change their date each year, according to when they could start the schoolyear (after the Jewish holidays that usually occupy September-October).

Franny is quite a talker

I can imagine that, but I can't really wrap my head around it. I mean, a baby who wasn't even born yet when I got to hold her (a son of a good friend) is now learning to speak, so obviously she's way ahead of him, but still.

As for me, it's the usual the-semester-ends-soon craziness. I really shouldn't be posting now. But other than that, the usual, in the good sense of "the usual".

t Waves at Amyliz

I'm very pleased with my procrastinating today. I got to post with several great people whom I hadn't "seen" in a while. Very nice of the universe to arrange it like that.