Monday, September 22, 2014

philology \ fi-LOL-uh-jee \ , noun; 

1. Obsolete . the love of learning and literature. 
2. the study of literary texts and of written records, the establishment of their authenticity and their original form, and the determination of their meaning. 
3. (especially in older use) linguistics, especially historical and comparative linguistics. 

Origin: Philology joins philo- , a combining form from the Greek term meaning "loving," and -logy , a suffix used to refer to writing, discourses and collections. It entered English in the late 1300s.

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Holiday

• Autumnal Equinox

History

• Nathan Hale: the American Revolutionary War hero was hung by the British as a spy, saying "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" (1776)
• Shaka: Zulu kingdom founder was assassinated by his half-brothers (1828)
• long-count fight: Gene Tunney successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey (1927)
• Fiddler on the Roof: musical set in the shtetl opened on Broadway; it ran for 3,242 shows (1964)
• Iran-Iraq War: eight-year Persian Gulf conflict began (1980)

Birthdays

• Michael Faraday 1791
• Paul Muni 1895
• Allan 'Rocky' Lane 1901
• John Houseman 1902
• Martha Scott 1914
• Tommy Lasorda 1927
• Eugene Roche 1928
• Joni James (Joan Carmello Babbo) 1930
• Harriet King 1935
• Ray Norton 1937
• Paul LeMat 1945
• King Sunny Ade 1946
• Mark Phillips 1948
• Harold Carmichael 1949
• David Coverdale (Deep Purple, Whitesnake) 1951
• Shari Belafonte-Harper 1954
• Debby Boone 1956
• June Forester (The Forester Sisters) 1956
• Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blond) 1957
• Lynn Herring 1958
• Joan Jett 1960
• Rob Stone 1962
• Scott Baio 1961
• Bonnie Hunt 1964
• Big Rube (Society of Soul) 1971
• Laura Vandervoort 1984