I am reading “The Great Train Robbery” by Michael Chrichton. Normally I would not read this kind of book. It just didn’t appeal to me on any level. But I’ve joined a book club and this is this month’s selection and so I unenthusiastically started this book. And you know what? It’s a pretty good book so far. I have a hard time putting it down actually.
Not only can Mr. Chrichton weave a story like nobody’s business but he peppers it with rich words. I’ve had to reach for my dictionary a few times with this one and I loved every minute of it.
I came across the word gammon several times and not wanting to break the flow of my reading (I was at a really, really, really good part) I took my best guess and kept on reading.
Turns out gammon is meat cut from the thigh of a hog and it is usually smoked. Needless to say I was way off.
Naturally the wordphiliac in me began to make a connection between the word gammon and another word (the hint is in the picture posted above). Can guess what it is?
Oh, and one more question, did anybody miss me?
March 30th, 2010 at 6:02 am
can’t guess the word )-: must be slippin’. Great book though. If you liked that one you’ll like most of his book. his style is very consistent. I recommend (don’t gag) Jurassic Park. Forget Spielberg and read the book…it’s excellent.
Loco (-;
btw nice blog, first time visitor
April 16th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Well when I read the word and the definition it brought to mind men calling a woman’s legs gams
I haven’t researched this or anything just something I came up with.
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