Comments on: Shrug http://www.prepoceros.com/2010/08/12/shrug/ Horn o'plenty. A cornucopia, if you will. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:18:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Natalie http://www.prepoceros.com/2010/08/12/shrug/comment-page-1/#comment-1169 Natalie Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:45:29 +0000 http://www.prepoceros.com/?p=999#comment-1169 Even odder than I'd imagined! I had no idea that "dog" was a mysterious orphan word, too. How fun. Ah, shaking up the world does make more sense. Awesome, now I don't have to read the book. Even odder than I’d imagined! I had no idea that “dog” was a mysterious orphan word, too. How fun.

Ah, shaking up the world does make more sense. Awesome, now I don’t have to read the book.

]]> By: Alan http://www.prepoceros.com/2010/08/12/shrug/comment-page-1/#comment-1168 Alan Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:55:21 +0000 http://www.prepoceros.com/?p=999#comment-1168 Like "dog," <a href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=shrug" rel="nofollow">"shrug" is an etymological mystery</a> that arrived on the scene without a clear origin. [1] It's probably not germanic because the German word is achselzucken. Also, "shrug" did not appear in Old English (which had versions of most of the germanic words that are in English). From the Wikipedia page on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Shrugged" rel="nofollow">Atlas Shrugged</a>, <blockquote>The significance of this reference is seen in a conversation between the characters of Francisco d'Anconia and Hank Rearden in which d'Anconia asks of Rearden what sort of advice he would give to Atlas upon seeing that "the greater [the titan's] effort the heavier the world bore down on his shoulders." With Rearden unable to answer, Francisco gives his own response: "To shrug." In this conversation, Atlas is to be understood as a metaphor for the productive men of society.</blockquote>The title is about the power to shake up the world that is held but typically unused by the people who keep the world spinning, the common man. Like “dog,” “shrug” is an etymological mystery that arrived on the scene without a clear origin. [1] It’s probably not germanic because the German word is achselzucken. Also, “shrug” did not appear in Old English (which had versions of most of the germanic words that are in English).

From the Wikipedia page on Atlas Shrugged,

The significance of this reference is seen in a conversation between the characters of Francisco d’Anconia and Hank Rearden in which d’Anconia asks of Rearden what sort of advice he would give to Atlas upon seeing that “the greater [the titan's] effort the heavier the world bore down on his shoulders.” With Rearden unable to answer, Francisco gives his own response: “To shrug.” In this conversation, Atlas is to be understood as a metaphor for the productive men of society.

The title is about the power to shake up the world that is held but typically unused by the people who keep the world spinning, the common man.

]]> By: Vee http://www.prepoceros.com/2010/08/12/shrug/comment-page-1/#comment-1167 Vee Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:08:57 +0000 http://www.prepoceros.com/?p=999#comment-1167 Yay, consonants! Try "angstschreeuw" ... don't overdo it though, if you feel like you're choking: give up. Yay, consonants!
Try “angstschreeuw” … don’t overdo it though, if you feel like you’re choking: give up.

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