GRRRRRR! Some lady almost ran the stop sign just inside the entrance to the Village. Of course her head was attached to a cell phone at the time. Hopefully a cell phone won't truly become the bane of my existence!
But "bane" was once a very serious word.
The Old English "bana" meant
literally "slayer" in the sense
we now use "killer" or "murderer."
Early on, the English "bane" was also
used in the more general sense
of "cause of death," and by the 14th century
"bane" was used in the specialized sense
of "poison," a sense which lives on
in the names of various poisonous plants
such as "henbane" and "wolfbane."
2 comments:
I hate that cell phones are everywhere! And people therefore use them, everywhere! Drives me nuts!
And I LOVE the word bane!
I loved this! Bane...I never knew! And your thoughts that came with the education...priceless...enjoyed this post the best!
Chessie
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