Actually, there is a confort in nothingness, though I suspect it has to do with the indigenous in me.

It is with great pleasure I find myself writing again on the concept of nothingness and the many meanings it has on the english language. Essencially, I was to write about two little english words, 'It' and the chameleon class changer word 'Do'. However, I figured I add a little exotic tinge to the discussion. I have before compared the meanings of ( Read more... )

So in my last post I said thus:

I suggest that the word nothing be classified as a pre/proto form of evilness alien to us in this mortal coil.Just for purely semantic reasons that have to do with the conception our brains have of these two words, I don't want to equate nothingness with the unknown. But for clarification purposes, allow me to ( Read more... )

The big question, of course, is why did a word like nothing ever had the need to come out/arise from our mouths? (a hole in itself) The even more curios thing is that it seems to be a universal need to express this quaint but unfamliar ground which we seem to know little or nothing about it. (no pun intended). At least from the european perspective ( Read more... )

Nothing is an emotion as well ( Read more... )

The word Nothing in the Oxford English Dictionary (1989) has three full-pages dedicated to the word 'nothing'. p. 547-550 ( Read more... )

The word nothing has seven alphabetical letters composed of two vocals and five consonants ( Read more... )

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Absolutely nothing ...

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Nothing is composed of two words, no + thing.

According to Merriam Webster dictionary online http://www.m-w.com its roots are one hundred percent english nevermind the invasions they have had throughout their mestizo cycle.

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nAn thing, nAthing, from nAn no + thing thing ( Read more... )

There are moral dimensions to the word nothing in the english language. This can easiliest be discerned when we catch someone doing something rather interesting, when he or she gets caught in it. The usual response to the religious angst that arises out of the implications of being seen in it is usually: I am not doing nothing wrong. Note how ( Read more... )