the word for 05.11.09 is COMMUNICATION

Todays word is communication. Took me through the day thinking ok..talking, telephone, letters, postmen. Then l thought about art and photographs communicate all sorts of sensations and emotions. Taggers use their tags/grafitti to tell people whats theirs and how they feel. Then thinking about writings on walls ect, l remember the other day l was going on about how Wimbledon was covered in chalk markings all the roads and  pavements. Legalised grafitti l suppose you could say!  Ah... a way of communicating from the surveyor to the workman what work needs doing in Wimbledon, without  ever actually meeting each other..neat!...but very pretty!

communication |kəˌmyoōnəˈkā sh ən|noun1 the imparting or exchanging of information or news : direct communication between the two countries will produce greater understanding | at the moment I am in communication with London.• a letter or message containing such information or news.• the successful conveying or sharing of ideas and feelings : there was a lack of communication between Pamela and her parents.• social contact : she gave him some hope of her return, or at least of their future communication.2 ( communications) means of connection between people or places, in particular• the means of sending or receiving information, such as telephone lines or computers : satellite communications | [as adj. ] a communications network.• the means of traveling or of transporting goods, such as roads or railroads : a city providing excellent road and rail communications.• [treated as sing. ] the field of study concerned with the transmission of information by various means.PHRASESlines of communication the connections between an army in the field and its bases. • any system for communicating information or ideas: bureaucracies are characterized by established lines of communication.DERIVATIVEScommunicational |-ˈkā sh ənl| |kəˈmjunəˈkeɪʃənl| |kəˈmjunəˈkeɪʃnəl| adjectiveORIGIN late Middle English : from Old French comunicacion, fromLatin communicatio(n-), from the verb communicare ‘to share’ (seecommunicate ).