{"id":1147,"date":"2012-03-23T20:03:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-24T00:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?p=1147"},"modified":"2012-03-23T20:03:01","modified_gmt":"2012-03-24T00:03:01","slug":"greek-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?p=1147","title":{"rendered":"Greek #8"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Root: ANTHROP<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meaning: mankind, people<\/p>\n

Words:<\/p>\n

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  1. anthropology<\/strong> (n) (log = study of): the study of people<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve always thought linguistic anthropology<\/span> would be an interesting subject to study in school, but given that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m married to loquaciousness<\/a> personified, I have regular opportunities to conduct field research on how language impacts society and social life. For instance, when LCB starts in on a detailed description of a piece of high voltage equipment, I notice that I am more prone to yawning and blank stares. Were he to suddenly break into a series of tips for picking up Coach purses and Louboutin shoes at discounts of 90% or more, however, I feel sure I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d be enthralled, probably even moved to take copious notes.<\/p>\n

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    1. anthropophobiac<\/strong> (n) (-phobiac = one who has morbid fear of): a person afraid of people<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a fun idea for a new feel-good family show: Survivor<\/em> should do a special season of the show entitled Survivor: The Anthropophobiacs<\/span> & The Misanthropes<\/a>. <\/em>The reward for the last person standing would be the island itself, where the winner could live in complete isolation from the people he or she fears or hates forever.<\/p>\n

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      1. anthropomorphic<\/strong> (adj) (morph = form): attributing human form or characteristics to something nonhuman<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Personally, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not a big fan of anthropomorphic<\/span> characters in literature. Usually, if animals start talking, I start walking. I mean, no offense to George, because I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not questioning his overall brilliance or anything, but I just can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get past the fact that the main dialogue in Animal Farm <\/em>is coming from actual animals. Seriously?<\/p>\n

        It occurs to me as I write this, however, that I might be a tad inconsistent, given that I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seem to struggle with this as much with tales that I read to my children, such as The Chronicles of Narnia<\/em> or The Giving Tree.<\/em> Or, while reading Charlotte\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Web<\/em>, for instance, I even shed a teeny, tiny tear at the anthropomorphic<\/span> Charlotte\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s death.<\/p>\n

        And now, as I write the last two sentences, it occurs to me that maybe, maybe my kids think I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m a tad loony for expressing emotions, however slight, over the death of a fictitious talking spider. Maybe they were just nodding sympathetically out of politeness, or even confusion, when I somberly read the scene of Charlotte\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s death. Maybe they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re really thinking, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Seriously, Mom? Talking animals?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

        * Also see philanthropy<\/a> for more etymological excitement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Root: ANTHROP Meaning: mankind, people Words: anthropology (n) (log = study of): the study of people I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve always thought linguistic anthropology would be an interesting subject to study in school, but given that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m married to loquaciousness personified, I have regular opportunities to conduct field research on how language impacts society and social life. For […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[988,989,991,990,17,311,312,105,100,362,992],"class_list":["post-1147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-etymology-lessons","tag-anthrop","tag-anthropology","tag-anthropomorphic","tag-anthropophobiac","tag-etymology-2","tag-greek","tag-greek-roots","tag-island-life","tag-island-living","tag-misanthrope","tag-philanthropy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}