Thursday, August 20, 2009

Things Librarians Think About

Okay, so the theme is "Book Safari", and "safari" comes from the Arabic word safar, which means "journey", "trip" or "tour"...

It's not specifically African. It's not specifically savannah, or semi-arid - or even specifically land-locked...

In it's purest definition, it is simply a "journey"...

So why do I have so much trouble accepting the circumnavigation of New Zealand as a safari?

What is it about the word "Safari" that makes me immediately disqualify the waters surrounding Aotearoa as a location for such a thing?
at
Labels:

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Newest post

Permitted and admitted

 With the rise of casual use of Generative AI software over the past year and a bit (has it really only been that long?), we've also see...

Popular posts

  • I'm just calling Luxembourg "Idris" from now on
    I've started reading City of Bones , and I'm not sure I can cope with the level of stupidity shown by the characters... and maybe th...
  • The Dare
    "Nobody reads The Iliad ." Helen had been telling me about the Kindle App, which she had downloaded onto her smartphone. With g...
  • A Fantastic Language
    I’ve been looking more closely at Esperanto lately, and I must admit it is a fascinating thing to look at. When you look at what it wa...