I think I should be more excited that it is Friday, but I have a whole list of chores to try and get accomplished this weekend. Just to be clear, 'a whole list' is different than 'a-hole list.' Just to be clear. Power wash the porch, clean the fountains, clean the chicken coop, take hay to the cattle, bathe the dogs, wash the car, cut grass and make an airline and hotel reservation. Stuff. And I fully expect that, due to my short attention span, there will be lots of distractions along the way.Appellation -- Noun: 1. an identifying name or title. designation. 2. archaic: the act of calling by a name. 3. a geographical name used to identify wine. Despite, or perhaps because of, Dave's small stature, some of his friends began to refer to his as "Big Dave," and the appellation stuck.
Did You Know? Ask a Frenchman names Jacques his name, and you may very well get the reply, "je m'appelle Jacques." The French verb appeler means "to call (by a name)," so Jacques's answer literally translates to "I call myself Jacques." Knowing the function of appeler makes it easy to remember that appellation refers to the name or title by which something is called or known. Appeler and appellation share a common ancestor -- the Latin appellare, meaning "to call or summon," formed by combining the prefix ad- ("to") with another verb, pellere ("to drive"). Appellare is also the root of our word appeal (by way of Anglo-French and Middle English), as well as appellate, referring to a kind of court where appeals are heard.
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