Chrysti The Wordsmith: Eponym Fun - 1

Greetings and welcome to Christie the wordsmith. Eban IMs or proper names that have turned into words show up everywhere in every day English word lover and writer Henry II Crist defines an eponym. This way someone after whom a country or institution is named whose name is closely associated with a movement or theory or with a familiar activity or characteristic. But let's turn from the definition of EP an EMS to the fun of the characters who inspired them. Mythology has provided plenty of upon amisse words mercurial comes from Mercury. The fleet footed God Tantalus who was tortured by hunger and thirst inspired the verb to tantalize and the narry all comes from Venus the goddess of love and beauty. Cull unary items have often been named for people the Caesar salad for Caesar Cardenio a Mexican restaurant tour and eggs benedict for Commodore E.C. Benedict an American banker and the macadamia nut was named for John McAdam an Australian scientist. Quite often important inventions or innovations were named after their creators. The Pullman

sleeping car developed by George M. Pullman the Rorschach test conceived by Swiss psychiatrist Hermann roar shock and the saxophone designed by Adolf sax a Belgian musician. There's a wealth of information on the people behind the words they inspired both in print and on the web. For more information go to wordsmith radio dot org. The name of this program is Christie the wordsmith from Montana State University in Bozeman and. CHRISTIE The wordsmith is sponsored by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Zoot enterprises a high tech firm in Bozeman Montana offering challenging careers and innovative solutions for the financial services industry. Zoot web dot com.