tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post5518267555670453742..comments2024-03-26T18:01:57.609+00:00Comments on Inky Fool: ResolutionsM.H. Forsythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-19557677170018592892013-01-05T10:23:33.548+00:002013-01-05T10:23:33.548+00:00Any ideas how I might resolve my insolvency? The s...Any ideas how I might resolve my insolvency? The solution seems to be clear to me but that may just be my new year resolution which did not prove to be a solution last year so I must resolve the problem. Actually a cup of tea, with the sugar dissolved, may be the solution I am looking for. Happy New Year.The Curious Vethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09104271451991714063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-66724383780537798982013-01-03T13:08:09.221+00:002013-01-03T13:08:09.221+00:00In terms of the Latin root, both are loosenings. F...In terms of the Latin root, both are loosenings. First, you loosen the solid of the cube. Then you would separate the liquid. Both are, if you see what I mean, dispersals. <br />Mind you, resolution has an awful lot of different chemical definitions in the OED. I was quoting from the first. It also has re-solution which is 'dissolving again' and uses the re- in its purely iterative sense.M.H. Forsythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-72020784241365498082013-01-02T23:22:05.381+00:002013-01-02T23:22:05.381+00:00Are you saying resolution is an example of re- bei...Are you saying resolution is an example of re- being used as an intensifier?<br /><br />In chemistry, resolving a solution is the opposite of dissolving. First you solve/dissolve the sugar, creating a solution, then you REsolve it, separating or distinguishing the liquid from the particles suspended in it - i.e. making it no longer a solution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-48637064761211446672013-01-02T12:56:45.450+00:002013-01-02T12:56:45.450+00:00I always knew there were constituent parts or elem...I always knew there were <i>constituent parts or elements</i> to my Resolutions (thank you btw for the true definition), which is why I always failed in achieving them! <br /><br />I don't do them anymore; like you I prefer to be dissolute.<br /><br />Carole-AnnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com