[stylist] Wednesday Word: williwaw

Thu Dec 29 16:45:07 UTC 2011

Brad,
No, I won't use the noun and verb in the same piece. In fact, I generally
don't like to include obscure words, because of not wanting to alienate
readers who don't know or care to look up the meaning. That's one nice thing
about using Williwaw as a proper name; people who don't know the word don't
need to, while those who do may have insight into some characteristic  -- or
they may fall for a deliberate obfuscation.
Donna

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Williwaw does kind of seem like a name for a 
mountanous tribe. I like the verb creation. Poor 
old chicken coupe needed bigger hurricane 
clips.  :). Sort of like changing noun to verb in 
"His house got toilet papered at Halloween." Or, 
"He Xeroxed his passport."  We'll call it 
artistic license. I'd probably not use both 
noun/name of people, and verb use in the same piece though.

Brad

On 12/28/2011  05:12 PM Donna Hill said...
>Brad,
>  Two thoughts. First, I have been wondering about the history of the
>fictitious country in which I set my novel. I'm thinking that, in the next
>installment, I would like to include a bit more about its history. The
>Williwaw are from henceforth the indigenous people who live in the
>Amaranthine Mountains and the only ones who can routinely navigate the
>rapids of the Glen Gouger.
>
>Second, how about williwaw as a verb...
>
>Howard Benton stood outside his barn, leaning on his shovel and gazing at
>his new chicken house. It was 25 degrees and the wind had been blowing at a
>steady 45 miles per hour all morning. He laughed to himself as he recalled
>the admonitions of his neighbor.
>"You're going to regret not using hurricane clips," old man Wilson had
said,
>"Some of these winds will suck a hen clear off her nest."
>Well, there it stood, in tact, his small flock safely inside. Wilson was so
>negative.
>As he turned toward the house, a loud splintering crack burst through the
>roar of the wind. The roof of the chicken house was williwawed into the
next
>county.
>"Damn Wilson," he muttered, dropping his shovel and running toward the
>panicking poultry.
>*grin*
>Donna
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>Donna,
>
>I'm suh suh suh suh suh suh sorry to up seh set
>you.  Umm mum mum mum mum yeah sheh  sheh  sure.
>You cuh cuh can call that gust of weh weh weh
>wind whatever you want. Yep Willawaw, yep, sure,
>that's what it is alright. No preh preh problems here.    :)
>
>Brad
>
>
>On 12/28/2011  02:05 PM Donna Hill said...
> >Sure, you have to bring this up, just as we're trying to escape a cold
> >blustery day. I wonder, when the wind is already blowing, can the
>occasional
> >gust which is even more fierce than the -- dare I say -- "normal wind be
> >called a williwaw?
> >Donna
> >
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> >williwaw
> >WIH-lih-waw
> >(noun)
> >
> >1. A) a sudden violent gust of cold land air
> >common along mountainous coasts of high latitudes,
> >B) A sudden violent wind
> >2. A violent commotion
> >
> >"Stretched near to his torso's capacity and
> >hanging from the  south shear of the mountain,
> >his right foot slipped on the crumbling stoney
> >edge giving way to the pressure of his weight.
> >Suddenly a willawaw blew in off the Atlantic
> >catching him off guard. Feeling his  fingers
> >slipping on the moist fabric inside his gloves
> >his eyes flittered for a new place to grip. Just then ..."
> >
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