Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Writerly Wednesday and Did You Know Thursday

 Greetings Bloggers,

What's your synonym, example, sentence or definition for:


 Example: CJ brought this lovely, ole-timey word to my attention last week, when describing my writing challenge response. Don't ya love it?

AND 

Did you know, there are organisms that are part-plant, part-animal? IE Elysia chlorotical. Sea anemone.

 


https://www.encyclopedie-environnement.org/en/zoom/elysia-chlorotica-the-slug-who-thinks-shes-a-leaf

 Sea anemone is genetically half animal, half plant | ScienceDaily

17 comments:

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

I must have been using the word vignette wrong all these years. I thought it was a group of similar items combined together in a single photo.

And I did know about the sea anemone at one time, but apparently forgot about it until you pointed it out.

Elephant's Child said...

Vignette is a lovely word isn't it? I like that sea anenomes straddle the divide between plant and animal. I wonder whether pitcher plants do too.

Andrew said...

Anecdote as an alternative to vignette I suppose, but it's not quite the same.

David M. Gascoigne, said...

Poor Filomena, she was having such a hard time with English. To their credit no one tittered when she talked about the Balsam vignette on the salad, but I think had she mentioned the vinaigrette of the sea anemones on the wall we would have been unable to contain our mirth.,

Hilary Melton-Butcher said...

Hi Sandra - I'd have said a literary vignette - Jessica Bell uses it ...but I see lots of alternatives, while David has given us a very good go - poor Filomena indeed. Interesting about Sea Anemones - that I hadn't realised. Cheers Hilary

Birgit said...

I know this word and have used it! I see it, often, in my film books. I think I knew that anemone was part animal and part plant but I don’t remember…hahaaa

Christine said...

I just learned how to pronounce anemone the other day.

Sandra Cox said...

Good job, Birgit! Good job:)

Sandra Cox said...

I just looked it up and I've been pronouncing it wrong lo these many years.

Sandra Cox said...

Elizabeth, You've got it right. It applies to both. I consider vignette a small creative.
Good job on knowing anemone.

Sandra Cox said...

EC, it is for sure. My thoughts are yes on pitcher plants.

Sandra Cox said...

Andrew, It works;)

Sandra Cox said...

As always, David, enjoyable and fun:)

Sandra Cox said...

Hils, Literary vignette. I like it! David always comes up with something outstanding, doesn't he? Cheers,

J.P. Alexander said...

Genial, te mando un beso.

Jeanie said...

News to me all the way!

Susan Kane said...

I always think of vignette in my writing. A vignette is a short expression that explains something about a character that gives new light to the story. I think.