What does that mean?

The meaning for Achilles Heel is literally related to the heel of Achilles, which lead to his death. First let's know a little about Achilles, the Greek hero. In Greek mythology, it's believed that when Achilles was a baby, his mother dipped him in the River Styx holding him by the heel. Since the river had miraculous powers, Achilles' whole body turned powerful and invincible; except for the heel which was held by his mother and so did not get dipped in the waters. His heel turned out to be the most vulnerable / weakest part in his body, despite him being the strongest warrior. During the time of Trojan War (not exactly in the war), Achilles, the strongest warrior was killed by a fatal wound to his heel by Paris's arrow (probably poisoned). So Achilles heel means a weakness or a vulnerable part. Now, if you want to know a little more about the story of the Trojan War & why exactly Achilles was not killed in the war - Here it goes: Achilles killed Hecto...

Have you ever uttered a sentence such that the initial sounds of several words got misplaced? Actually, a slip of the tongue. I am sure, you are not clear what I am talking about; let me quote some examples. By the way, the examples I am quoting were actually the errors made by Reverend William Archibald Spooner after whom the term ' Spoonerism ' is named. "You have hissed all my mystery lectures" Actually should have been - You have missed all my history lectures "A well-boiled icicle" (well-oiled bicycle). Sometimes, these Spoonerisms can change the meaning altogether, take a look: "Save the whales" instead of...Wave the sails "The pain is roaring" instead of.. The rain is pouring ~ ~ ~

Brunch = Breakfast + Lunch Moped = Motor + Pedal Liger = Lion + Tiger Smog = Smoke + Fog FedEx = Federal + Express Spork = Spoon + Fork Camcorder = Camera + Recorder Got it? Portmanteau morphs or portmanteau words are formed by two existing words and their already existing meanings are combined in the newly formed word. ~ ~ ~

Whenever I come across a place name, I tend to wonder how did this place get this name!!! ' Delhi ' - I was told in one of my Linguistics classes that Delhi was derived from the Hindi language word - ' Dehleez ' meaning ' Threshold ', as it was a kind of threshold to enter India. ~ ~ ~

I have literally been procrastinating updating this blog of mine; even though it's my favorite. Procrastinating? You got it right.... delaying, postponing...... will update tomorrow, tomorrow and those endless tomorrows. ~ ~ ~