Julie suggests prodromus, which the Free Dictionary defines as "An early symptom indicating the onset of an attack or a disease." De-latinised the word is prodrome, hellenised the word is prodromos, The Latins took it from the Greeks; in both languages it meant precursor.
There is a secondary meaning too, which is a preliminary course or publication. I think this is what Julie encountered one morning in her breakfast reading - Museum Victoria's "Treasures" book, which refers to the titles of two books published by Frederick McCoy in 1874: Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria and Prodromus of the Paleontology of Victoria. Julie, if this is what you read at breakfast, what must you eat?
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Derek Whitehead
What this blog is for
This is a blog which started in 2007 when I was standing for election as vice president of ALIA (the Australian Library and Information Association) - to communicate with members and canvas issues. It also continued during my year as president, which ended in May 2009.
It morphed into a more general blog, and I used it to communicate on a variety of issues - libraries, copyright, the internet, but particularly, just words. Over time, it became a blog mainly about language.
It morphed into a more general blog, and I used it to communicate on a variety of issues - libraries, copyright, the internet, but particularly, just words. Over time, it became a blog mainly about language.
It lapsed in 2012 but I have decided to revive it, and it will be about language and maybe sometimes some other things. Neologisms are unavoidable and an endless source of interest and fun. Talking with a bilingual person, and attempting to learn a language, I have also become more vividly aware of the confusing strangeness of many idioms. I will post about idioms later.
Please promote it to your friends. My short-term goal is to attract a second follower, but I have longer term goals too.
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About Me
- Derek Whitehead
- Melbourne, Australia
- Derek is an Adjunct Professor at Swinburne University of Technology and at RMIT University, and the Chair of the Australian Digital Alliance. He retired in January 2015 as CIO and Director, Information Technology Services at Swinburne, and has had a long career as a librarian and copyright officer. He has had a long engagement with the internet since his involvement in the establishment of the pioneering Vicnet service in 1994. Derek was awarded an OAM in 2002 for services to libraries and the internet.
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