Begin forwarded message: > From: Wordsmith > Date: February 21, 2008 12:02:28 AM EST > To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org > Subject: A.Word.A.Day—echt > > This week’s theme: short words. > > echt (ekht) adjective > > Authentic; typical. > > [From German echt (genuine, typical).] > > Today’s word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=echt > > -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) > > “Costume and prop man Pete Rush has provided echt polyester ’70s garb > for Miles and weathered denim for the farmers.” > Barbara Adams; Farm Life Not So Simple in Stellar ‘Drawer Boy’; > The Ithaca Journal (New York); Oct 28, 2004. > > > > > No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into > account not > only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. -Isaac Asimov, > scientist and writer (1920-1992) >
