Wikipedia’s deaths in 2025 site lists under June 14 and 15, 4 notable persons who have something else in common:
- Ralph J. Lamberti (November 14, 1934 – June 14, 2025) Staten Island borough pres
- Masuiyama Daishirō II (16 November 1948 – 15 June 2025) 76, sumo wrestler, singer
- Hiroshi Matsumoto (November 17, 1942 – June 15, 2025) 82, atmospheric scientist
- Vanich Chaiyawan (18 November 1932 – 15 June 2025) 92, Thai Life Insurance
- 2000 – Edoardo Agnelli (9 June 1954 – 15 November 2000)
- 1888 – Artie Matthews (November 15, 1888 – October 25, 1958)
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Art by Lorenz Frølich Lorenz Frølich (25 October 1820 – 25 October 1908)
Lorenz died on his birthday, so we have yet another addition to the “Birthday Blues” pattern cluster.Butt it’s not just any birthday blues, note this excerpt from my recent April 26 post:
- Happy Clapper, 14 (25 October 2010 – April 24, 2025) racehorse, colic.(death announced on this date)
Happy Clapper speaks volumes to me personally … given that the legal matter I’m involved in —trial ended this past week (butt there is rebuttal to consider). Anyone who is regularly following this blog, knows the significance of October 25th.
I was curious about the surname Frolich… because it is obviously related to the word “frolich” that today means to “play around and jump for joy”, note the etymology:
frolic(v.)
"make merry, have fun, romp playfully," 1580s, from frolic (adj.) "joyous, merry, full of mirth" (1530s), from Middle Dutch vrolyc "happy," a compound of vro-"merry, glad" + lyc "like" (see like (adj.)). The first part of the compound is cognate with Old Norse frar "swift," Middle English frow "hasty," from PIE *preu- "to hop" (see frog (n.1)), giving the whole an etymological sense akin to "jumping for joy." Similar formation in German fröhlich "happy." Related: Frolicked; frolicking. As a noun from 1610s.
So now we get a broader picture of where the word comes from. The origin is not just “happy”, but to move “swiftly… hasty”… and “to hop”… and hence why “fro” is in “frog”, and as you can also see, the word Frolich is similar to the artists name.
The following sketch was done by Picasso… Picasso’s ass:
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (7 September 1707 – 16 April 1788)
The surname Buffon originates from the Italian word "buffone," meaning "buffoon" or "jester". It's likely a nickname given to someone perceived as comical or ridiculous.
WOW… didn’t expect that … ass and buffoon can have the same meaning…
No comments:
Post a Comment