================================================== Pandora's Word Box Ideas in Words Medical Humanities - Fine Arts - Bioethics ================================================== To: Esteemed Colleagues, Scholars, Educators, Students, Poets and others who may enjoy the beauty and elegance of ideas in words illustrated by fine arts. From: W. Wertelecki M.D. ================================================== Current Posting Pest Pestle Pestilence Plague Mort Mortar Mortal ... ideas linking MORTar with MORTal and PESTle with PESTilence, PESTs and PLAGUE. ... points to PLAGA or PLAGE which stands for "stroke". ... (Note: Baba Yaga is the only witch who flies in a mortar and holds a pestle in her hand.) ... PESTicides imply poison for PESTy insects ... deformities which can be described by words like PLAGIOcephaly or a crooked head from the Greek root "plagio" ... "crooked" or "oblique" or "distorted" growth. PLAGIArists refers to those who steal and distort the work of others with the implication that the work is diminished in value. Plagiarists who steal and manage to introduce improvements are often praised as creative innovators. ... Continued in: http://www.consultsos.com/pandora/intro.htm Illustrations: Works by Gros ... ================================================== PLEASE SHARE THE ABOVE MESSAGE ================================================== Dedicated to the prevention of Developmental Disabilities and Birth Defects. ================================================== Questions and Comments: http://www.ibis-birthdefects.org http://www.pandorawordbox.com Subscribe/Unsusbribe: http://www.consultsos.com/pandora/pwblogin.htm Sponsors/Champions/Advertisements http://www.consultsos.com/pandora/advertise.htm Note: web pages read per week ~ 15000. ==============================================