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gracie_musicaArkansas -- this state got its name from the Quapaw Indians, by way of early French explorers. The Native Americans they encountered were actually known as the Ugakhpah, which means "people who live downstream." They were later called Quapaw or Arkansaw, which evolved into the current pronunciation. The name came to refer to the land where these Native Americans lived.
sciopticon -- a form of magic lantern invented in America, the first to employ a two-wicked paraffin lamp. Since its introduction, three, four and five wicks have been employed.
--Edward Lloyd's Encyclopaedic Dictionary, 1895
Feast Day of St Gudula, patroness of Brussels. William Walsh's Curiositites of Popular Customs (1897) described this eighth-century beacon of light: "She devoted herself from childhood to a religious life. The castle of her father, Count Witger, was two miles from the little village of Moorsel [in present-day Belgium] where there was an oratory dedicated to the Saciour. THither went Gudula at cock-crow every morning to her devotions, taking a maid with her to carry her lantern. It is related that on one occasion, the Evil One put out this lantern, but Gudula knelt by the roadway and prayed, and the lantern was miraculously relighted. She was buried on the 8th of January, 712, according to general opinion. On the morning after her burial a poplar that stood at the foot of her tomb burst into leaf in spite of the season. . . . In art, she is represented with a lantern which an angel is kindling."
cabbage -- to steal, filch.
impious -- marked by irreverence toward a diety, a person, or a thing.
Title: Misinterpretation
Date Written: 1/7/06
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Saiyuki
Characters/Pairings: Sanzo, Goku, Hakkai, Gojyo
Spoilers: None
Warnings: None
Notes: Because I'm such a dork.
"I'm hungry!"
"Gods, monkey, you just ate!"
"Yeah, but that guy was talking about cabbage, which made me think about dumplings."
"Goku, when the word 'cabbage' is used as a verb--you remember what a verb is, right?"
"Yeah. Action."
"Very good. Anyway, the verb 'cabbage' doesn't mean the food--it means to steal."
"Oh."
Long pause.
"Hey... Sanzo."
"What?"
"I'm going to go cabbage some cabbage!"
THWACK!
Whack!
"OUCH!"
"Dude, you hit Hakkai!"
"And what did I do to merit that?"
"You're giving him stupid ideas. He gets enough from the pervert."
"Hey! You asshole!"
"Still hungry... So hungry..."
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sciopticon -- a form of magic lantern invented in America, the first to employ a two-wicked paraffin lamp. Since its introduction, three, four and five wicks have been employed.
--Edward Lloyd's Encyclopaedic Dictionary, 1895
Feast Day of St Gudula, patroness of Brussels. William Walsh's Curiositites of Popular Customs (1897) described this eighth-century beacon of light: "She devoted herself from childhood to a religious life. The castle of her father, Count Witger, was two miles from the little village of Moorsel [in present-day Belgium] where there was an oratory dedicated to the Saciour. THither went Gudula at cock-crow every morning to her devotions, taking a maid with her to carry her lantern. It is related that on one occasion, the Evil One put out this lantern, but Gudula knelt by the roadway and prayed, and the lantern was miraculously relighted. She was buried on the 8th of January, 712, according to general opinion. On the morning after her burial a poplar that stood at the foot of her tomb burst into leaf in spite of the season. . . . In art, she is represented with a lantern which an angel is kindling."
cabbage -- to steal, filch.
impious -- marked by irreverence toward a diety, a person, or a thing.
Title: Misinterpretation
Date Written: 1/7/06
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Saiyuki
Characters/Pairings: Sanzo, Goku, Hakkai, Gojyo
Spoilers: None
Warnings: None
Notes: Because I'm such a dork.
"I'm hungry!"
"Gods, monkey, you just ate!"
"Yeah, but that guy was talking about cabbage, which made me think about dumplings."
"Goku, when the word 'cabbage' is used as a verb--you remember what a verb is, right?"
"Yeah. Action."
"Very good. Anyway, the verb 'cabbage' doesn't mean the food--it means to steal."
"Oh."
Long pause.
"Hey... Sanzo."
"What?"
"I'm going to go cabbage some cabbage!"
THWACK!
Whack!
"OUCH!"
"Dude, you hit Hakkai!"
"And what did I do to merit that?"
"You're giving him stupid ideas. He gets enough from the pervert."
"Hey! You asshole!"
"Still hungry... So hungry..."
---
