Message-ID: <21604838.1075858927340.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 04:01:00 -0800 (PST) From: wsmith@wordsmith.org To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org Subject: A.Word.A.Day--philography Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Wordsmith X-To: linguaphile X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \SSCOTT5 (Non-Privileged)\Scott, Susan M.\Wordsmith X-Origin: Scott-S X-FileName: SSCOTT5 (Non-Privileged).pst philography (fi-LOG-ruh-fee) noun The practice of collecting autographs. [From Greek philo-, loving + -graphy, writing.] "Virtually anything to which ink will stick can be collected, swapped or sold, according to the Universal Autograph Collectors Club, a 2,000-member association of experts in the field of philography." Ben Steelman, While You're Standing in Line, The Wilmington Morning Star (NC), Oct 22, 1998. This week's theme: uncommon words with common suffixes. ............................................................................ Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man. -Benjamin Franklin Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone." Invite your friends and family to join in the quest by sending a gift subscription of A.Word.A.Day. It is free! http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/philography.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/philography.ram