the cosmolinguist ([personal profile] cosmolinguist) wrote in [personal profile] slemslempike 2007-04-04 01:19 pm (UTC)

I hardly knew any of these: a few from being a science geek: sidereal, meniscus, penumbra.

I think Rachel and I once had a discussion trying to sort out the differentce between synecdoche and metonymy. I don't know if we ever managed it. :-)

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