Published on June 24th, 2007 by Malachi
6/24/07, 10:58 PM
Obliterate –a word with an interesting built-in message.
Definition: To do away with completely; destroy so as to leave no trace. [Etymology: Latin --obliterare, "to strike out words."]
Literacy, we know.
But, New word: Obliteracy?
(Lennie Lopate does a section every month, “Three Little Words” a show about words with “word-maven” Patricia Connors on WNYC. It’s often [...]
Published on June 18th, 2007 by Malachi
In PART 1 of my “Work in Progress” report on the book I am working on, “The Strange Story of Hermann Gebler”, I wrote:
“I became interested in the story of Hermann Gebler when my youngest brother Jerome, who still lives in Cobh, County Cork, told me about two years ago that he had come across [...]
Published on May 17th, 2007 by Malachi
5/17/07, 01:07 AM
By now I have been working on my new “Herman Gebler” book for almost two years, which is at least twice as long as I had anticipated when I started it. Herman Gebler was a musician –apparently an accomplished violinist– with the Frankfurt Conservatory orchestra, who fled Nazi Germany in 1940 or thereabouts, [...]
