Dan managed to drag me away from my incessant grading to visit our state capital. Here is the Capitol building. Could someone please tell me why capital and capitol are two different words?
We went on a walking tour of town and I saw all these surprise crocuses (Autumn crocuses) in the grass so I lay down and took a cool photo of them.
While we were up on the bluff overlooking the Kentucky River, I took some cool photos of a bird. We had a great time touring Frankfort, Kentucky. What a neat town!
3 comments:
Could it be that the "Word People" thought the Capitol buildings reminded them of the letter O?
http://geography.about.com/library/faq/blqzcapitalol.htm
Maybe it's one of those secrets in Dan Brown's symbology books. Hmmmm.... Such a strange thing. Maybe there's a Latin connection? Tal vs. Tol? I know Capi means head as in caput, cap, etc. Maybe it's "Head Town" and "Head Place" ??? Anyone?
I have been meaning to post the following for about a week:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capital
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capitol
I hope they help.
One of my future goals is to study Latin. But, for now I need to work on my grammar and pronunciations. The good Lord knows that I need help with those two.
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