Why this blog is called "Gallimaufry".

gal-uh-MAW-free\, noun.

Originally meaning "a hash of various kinds of meats," "gallimaufry" comes from French galimafrée; in Old French, from the word galer, "to rejoice, to make merry"; in old English: gala + mafrer: "to eat much," and from Medieval Dutch maffelen: "to open one's mouth wide."

It's also a dish made by hashing up odds and ends of food; a heterogeneous mixture; a hodge-podge; a ragout; a confused jumble; a ridiculous medley; a promiscuous (!) assemblage of persons.

Those of you who know me, will, I’m sure, understand how well some of these phrases (barring the "promiscuous" bit!) fit me.

More importantly, this blog is an ode to my love for Shimla. I hope to show you this little town through my eyes. If you don't see too many people in it, forgive me, because I'm a little chary of turning this into a human zoo.

Stop by for a spell, look at my pictures, ask me questions about Shimla, if you wish. I shall try and answer them as best as I can. Let's be friends for a while....

14 December 2008

Cor⋅ol⋅lar⋅y

[kawr-uh-ler-ee, kor-; especially Brit., kuh-rol-uh-ree]
  1. A proposition that follows with little or no proof required from one already proven.
  2. A deduction or an inference.
  3. A natural consequence or effect; a result.
[Middle English corolarie, from Latin corōllārium, money paid for a garland, gratuity, from corōlla, small garland]


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2 comments:

Sanchia said...

The third one is fabulous! Love the little crown. It looks like a piece that ran away from the rest of the chessmen. (Chesspeople?)

12:49 am
Geetali said...

Isn't it simply adorable? with its own little crown and all....

7:32 am

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