Message-ID: <16720299.1075858927946.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 21:01:34 -0700 (PDT) From: wsmith@wordsmith.org To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org Subject: A.Word.A.Day--oology Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Wordsmith @ENRON X-To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \SSCOTT5 (Non-Privileged)\Scott, Susan M.\Wordsmith X-Origin: Scott-S X-FileName: SSCOTT5 (Non-Privileged).pst oology (oo-OL-uh-jee) noun The study of birds' eggs. [Oo- egg, from Greek oio- + logy.] WordPix: http://wordsmith.org/words/oology.gif "Oeufelia is a keen student of oology. Her idea of a perfect date involves cataloguing eggs after watching a National Geographic video." This week's theme: WordPix, words drawn so that they explain themselves. ............................................................................ All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood. -Benjamin Spock, pediatrician and author (1903-1998) What to give to those who have everything? Give the gift of words. Here is a gift that keeps on giving. To enter a gift subscription of A.Word.A.Day, please visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html or ask them to subscribe themselves at http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscribe.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/oology.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/oology.ram