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Monday, 9 May 2011

Q

As swift as QUICKSILVER, no QUESTON about it, the week has turned, so QED, its time to QUEST for the letter Q.  If we had a Latin motto for ABC Wednesday would it be Terence's "QUOT homines tot sententiae" (as many minds as men) that is there are as many opinions as there are people to hold them. 

I always think Q is a pretty letter it lends itself to curls and swirls. It also is usually followed with a U. The QUESTION is how many Q words do not?   Well there is:
QANAT - an underground tunnel for carrying irrigation water; 
QASIDA - an Arabic poem of praise or mourning; 
QAWWALI - sufi music
QIGONG (a breathing meditation)
QIVIUT - the wool of the artic musk ox

QUITE evidently these words have come from other languages (Arabic, Chinese and Inuit). So useful when we have not got the word, just look at the QUINTESSENCE of QIVIUT



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26 comments:

  1. Roger Owen Green9 May 2011 at 16:25

    Wow. QUICK out of the box, Joy!
    ROG

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  2. Kay L. Davies9 May 2011 at 16:33

    Great words for the letter Q. Looking forward to showing mine tomorrow.
    — K

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  3. Wanda9 May 2011 at 17:22

    Very quick, and my entry tomorrow will be "Quickie"....Thanks for hostings our Q word and the fun we all have participating.

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  4. blee9 May 2011 at 19:05

    "Queen of my heart"
    http://blee-justaboutanything.blogspot.com/2011/05/queen-of-my-heart.html

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  5. {krista}9 May 2011 at 19:31

    Looking forward to my quaint little post. http://butterflydaydreams.blogspot.com/2011/05/q-is-for-quaint.html

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  6. Shady Gardener9 May 2011 at 20:45

    Tomorrow you will see my little post, too! http://yardisgreen.blogspot.com/2011/05/abc-wednesday-q-is-for-ssshhh.html

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  7. Leslie:9 May 2011 at 22:06

    Quite the quintessential post, Joy! Mine's up - a new destination beginning with the letter Q...come on over and see. :D

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  8. Unknown9 May 2011 at 22:17

    I had to look closely to see that black things. Quite and entry. Mine is up already. Will come back to link it up

    http://shydub-simplehappylife.blogspot.com/2011/05/rt-abc-wednesday-coke-rewards-are-you.html

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  9. Unknown9 May 2011 at 22:19

    Thanks for hosting and have a quality tuesday

    http://shydub-simplehappylife.blogspot.com/2011/05/rt-abc-wednesday-coke-rewards-are-you.html

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  10. GVK9 May 2011 at 23:59

    My Q stands for a quiet little town on way to thirumurthi hills - http://bittenbythephotobug.blogspot.com/2011/05/quiet-little-town.html

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  11. Carola10 May 2011 at 03:44

    These words with Q are all great, what a selection.

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  12. Reader Wil10 May 2011 at 05:03

    Quaint! And beautiful letter, most of the times followed by "U",but for the words you mentioned. What about Qantas?

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  13. Gigi Ann10 May 2011 at 06:10

    Quite a nice selection of Q words today.

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  14. Unknown10 May 2011 at 06:23

    Quality all the way, Joy!

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  15. MERYL JAFFE, PhD - parent, psychologist, teacher, author...10 May 2011 at 06:23

    I've been queezy all week about what to quip about. This was a great prompt and I look forward to some quality quipping!

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  16. jane10 May 2011 at 06:36

    Hi Joy

    Love your Q post - and your Q picture - I have put up my post - but can,t find the Linky - I am new to this - hope to get it right one of these days !! Bye for now

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  17. photowannabe10 May 2011 at 07:17

    Great choice of words for the letter Q. My post is ready too and will return when Mr. Linky is available.

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  18. Paula Scott Molokai Girl Studio10 May 2011 at 07:47

    I agree-it is a pretty letter and so very unique! Particularly since in the English language, it needs to be accompanied by a "u".
    Which, I still have not located the history as to why that is...

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  19. Carver10 May 2011 at 09:20

    Quite a lot of good Q words in your introduction. Great job!

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  20. dianasfaria.com10 May 2011 at 20:24

    how very educational!

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  21. VP11 May 2011 at 00:39

    A good letter if you're quizzical! Have a good Wednesday everyone :)

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  22. Dorincard11 May 2011 at 05:55

    Quality meme website, that's what we have here! :)

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  23. Chloe m11 May 2011 at 08:46

    Thanks for hosting. It is very quiet in my world because of snow today!

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  24. Unknown11 May 2011 at 14:01

    I lost my mother on May 1st and as result of my lost I will not be part-taking in the ABC Challenge for sometime. Just wanna to let you know what had happen me just in case some of you may of been wondering.

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  25. kml11 May 2011 at 15:16

    This lower half of the alphabet is always tough!

    Happy Wednesday everyone!

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  26. Anonymous13 May 2011 at 10:08

    I'm not sure how this link back works, but here's the link for my Q poem.

    http://wp.me/p1bqY3-9B

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