Copacetic/Serendipity
Asa Sparks
The story I heard
About the second word
Was that C.S. Lewis created
A new word when he was elated.
Any other stories out there about this one?
John Dean
by Horace Walpole, based on a fairy story "The Three Princes of Serendip"
who were always making accidental discoveries of things they weren't looking
for. Serendip was at the time the name given to Ceylon which has now become
Sri Lanka & may hold the record for the country with the most different
names over it's lifetime
--
John "Hey lookit! I found a posting about serendipity!" Dean -- Oxford
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"John Dean" <john-d...@fragemail.msn.com> writes:
>According to the Oxford English Dictionary, serendipity was coined in 1754
>by Horace Walpole, based on a fairy story "The Three Princes of Serendip"
>who were always making accidental discoveries of things they weren't looking
>for. Serendip was at the time the name given to Ceylon which has now become
>Sri Lanka & may hold the record for the country with the most different
>names over it's lifetime
Hmmm. How about Canaan/Zion/Palestine/Israel?
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Clint Experimental
>When everything becomes copacetic, I
> feel it is a wonderful serendipity.
>The story I heard
>About the second word
>Was that C.S. Lewis created
>A new word when he was elated.
>Any other stories out there about this
> one?
I hope this isn't a "gry" style question.
Serendipity was coined by Horace Walpole in 1754 for his "The Three
Princes of Serendip". Serendip is a Arabic name for Ceylon which we now
call Sri Lanka (Mr. Lanka?). Bonus, the earliest name I know of is
Sindhalawipa (Lion Island).
Have Fun,
Clint
Alan Follett
> Serendipity was coined by Horace Walpole
> in 1754 for his "The Three Princes of
> Serendip". Serendip is a Arabic name for
> Ceylon which we now call Sri Lanka (Mr.
> Lanka?).
The word is definitely an allusion to the Walpole story (in which each
of the princes finds something other than what he was looking for); but
did Walpole himself coin "serendipity." or did it originate with some
later writer familiar with the story? The dictionaries I have at hand
are not clear on this. To my surprise, the word is not in my 1931
Webster's Collegiate, so it may be a more recent coinage than I would
have thought.
Alan Follett
Jim Ward
> "John Dean" <john-d...@fragemail.msn.com> writes:
>>According to the Oxford English Dictionary, serendipity was coined in 1754
>>by Horace Walpole, based on a fairy story "The Three Princes of Serendip"
>>who were always making accidental discoveries of things they weren't looking
>>for. Serendip was at the time the name given to Ceylon which has now become
>>Sri Lanka & may hold the record for the country with the most different
>>names over it's lifetime
>Hmmm. How about Canaan/Zion/Palestine/Israel?
Weren't they some sort of trust territory under the British?
Clint Experimental
>...did Walpole himself coin "serendipity."
I've only seen it stated positively; "Walpole coined the word
Serendipity".
Have Fun,
Clint
Lisa
>
> "John Dean" <john-d...@fragemail.msn.com> writes:
>
>>According to the Oxford English Dictionary, serendipity was coined in 1754
>>by Horace Walpole, based on a fairy story "The Three Princes of Serendip"
>>who were always making accidental discoveries of things they weren't looking
>>for. Serendip was at the time the name given to Ceylon which has now become
>>Sri Lanka & may hold the record for the country with the most different
>>names over it's lifetime
>
>Hmmm. How about Canaan/Zion/Palestine/Israel?
You forgot Retenu and Amurru and Judah, at the very least.
Lisa
Anton Sherwood
: .... Serendip was at the time the name given to Ceylon which has now
: become Sri Lanka & may hold the record for the country with the most
: different names over it's lifetime
_The Art of Heraldry_ quotes from an account written in 1452 of the
history of Austria since 850 years after Noah's flood, according to
which Austria was successively called Judeisapta, Arattim, Sauritz,
Sannas, Pannans, Tantanio, Mittenau, Fannau, Auarrata, Filia,
Rattasama, Corodantia, Anara, Osterland, Oesterreich.
But I suppose you'll say retroactive namings don't count.
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Asa Sparks
<asasparks-140...@user-38h1sdb.dialup.mindspring.com>,
asas...@mindspring.com (Asa Sparks) wrote:
= When everything becomes copacetic, I feel it is a wonderful serendipity.
Thank you. I learned much in this thread.
And remember, Asa was the fifth King of Judah.
Lisa
The third. David and Solomon were kings of Israel. The kingdom of
Judah didn't come into existence until Solomon's son Rehoboam got
overly stupid.
1. Rehoboam
2. Abjiam/Abijah
3. Asa
Lisa
Bill Baldwin
>Asa Sparks wrote:
>>And remember, Asa was the fifth King of Judah.
>
>The third. David and Solomon were kings of Israel. The kingdom of
>Judah didn't come into existence until Solomon's son Rehoboam got
>overly stupid.
>
>1. Rehoboam
>2. Abjiam/Abijah
>3. Asa
Sure, but doesn't Judah get some points for continuity? Rehoboam was
Solomon's appointed successor and a blood descendant. Asa was certainly the
fifth king in that line. Maybe if Asa changed to this? "Asa was the fifth
king in the Davidic dynasty." Then people couldn't complain about Saul or
try to mess statistics up that way either.
Bill Baldwin
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Lisa
Definitely.
Lisa