Monday, September 10, 2007

Salutations

Salutations. Tribulations. Tintinnabulation. Tribulation is a word that sounds jubilant to me, but it means trial or affliction. I may have gotten it mixed up with tintinnabulation, which is a fancy word which means the tinkling, ringing sound of bells.

All these words are from Latin roots.

Salutations = greetings!

Tribulations = trials, afflictions, and sufferings.

Tintinnabulation = jingling, ringing, or tinkling sounds.

1 comment:

kenni said...

nice. I never thought about utations or ulations and their relationship. What do those words mean?