Not Checking

Yes, I'm not going to check the time or the date. The practice of this blog has never to been to unduly glamorize this particular date in any given year. I shall let the shock pass for a while before attempting a proper post.

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Today I was thinking of the German word verschlagen. This is an interesting word to me because it is actually pretty... versatile. The root schlag- is where we get the good old English words 'slug' = 'to hit', 'slog' = 'to hit many times', 'slag' = 'to hit until pieces fly off', 'slack' = 'the state of having hit or been hit until pieces have flown off', 'slay' = 'to hit until slack', 'slaughter' = 'to hit until very slack or plurally slack', and 'sly' = 'to be very good at hitting (without being hit back)' (= German schlagfertig). It is pretty amusing to me that 'slogger' and 'slacker' should come from the same thing in the end, not to mention that it is the same thing as 'slayer' and 'slugger'.

Take that, you friends! *grin*