http://www.word-detective.com/2008/03/24/ur/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:50:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/03/24/ur/comment-page-1/#comment-4220 Cal Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:00:10 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/03/24/ur/#comment-4220 I'm running about a year late here but it's worth noting that in addition to pedants, science fiction fans would have run across ur- in the Thomas Covenant series (where I picked up the word as a child). I’m running about a year late here but it’s worth noting that in addition to pedants, science fiction fans would have run across ur- in the Thomas Covenant series (where I picked up the word as a child).

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2008/03/24/ur/comment-page-1/#comment-786 Andrew Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:24:04 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/03/24/ur/#comment-786 Nice article, but giving us the emaning of "Ur", as in the one in Iraq, would have been nice. Hint, hint. Nice article, but giving us the emaning of “Ur”, as in the one in Iraq, would have been nice.
Hint, hint.

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