Ode to a dying word ....

[rileen]

I was just talking to a friend about how nobody uses the word "genii" anymore, when this came to me:

Genii, genii
is this how words die?
Drowned by a variant
suddenly dominant?

Comments

[smriti]

First thought: you didn't know how to spell Genie.
Second thought: biogeek!

:)

[rileen]

But both thoughts wrong, dear *genius* :-)

Thanks for commenting on this poor entry :-p

[smriti]

Hehe, you have to admit variant, dominant.. have a certain biology flavour to them :D

most welcome, I'm always looking out for underdog entries and commenting on them :D

[rileen]

Haha - underdog it seems :-p

The funny thing is, I didn't think of Bio at all during the conversation - looks like someone is getting a little "Biogeeky" themselves :-)

[parag]

genii = many genus?

[rileen]

Geniuses. Also several genie .......

[smriti]

Glad I was not the only one.

[rileen]

Genius loves company :-p

There's an awesome collection of duets featuring Ray Charles by that name (which I discovered thanks to the very generous shaluvk) - do check it out, if you haven't already.

[ext_138900]

had to check whats a genii!

[rileen]

That fits very well with the topic, doesn't it? :-)

[ext_138900]

yea! :)

[ext_109329]

I admit I thought of the wrong word too ..and didn't even know the existence of this one!

-- Syl

[rileen]

See, it is such an educational post :-p