Entries tagged with "pet peeves"

Curses! Foiled again!

posted by srah on April 3, 2007 5:54 PM

Tags: language, pet peeves, words

Current pet peeve: foliage SYLLABICATION: fo·li·age NOUN: 1a. Plant leaves, especially tree leaves, considered as a group. b. A cluster of leaves. 2. An ornamental representation of leaves, stems, and flowers, especially in architecture. ETYMOLOGY: Alteration (influenced by Latin folium, leaf) of Middle English foilage, from Old French foillage, from foille, leaf. Unless you can prove to me that you are Geoffrey Chaucer, please stop pronouncing this as FOIL·uj. Fortunately this is not a word I have to hear every day! If I worked in a nursery, I would probably have to kill someone....