TotallyOz Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Here is the word for this week: purlieu \PUR-loo\, noun: 1. A place where one may range at large; confines or bounds. 2. A person's haunt or resort. 3. An outlying district or region, as of a town or city. 4. A piece of land on the edge of a forest, originally land that, after having been included in a royal forest, was restored to private ownership, though still subject, in some respects, to the operation of the forest laws. "A purlieu is an area at the edge of a royal forest that used to be under forest law but isn't any more." -- Edward Rutherfurd, The Forest "She thought of the strange operation of a simple-minded man's ruling passion, that it should have led Jude, who loved her and the children so tenderly, to place them here in this depressing purlieu." -- Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure: Volume 1896, Part 1 Purlieu is an alteration (simulating French lieu, "place") of earlier parlewe, "of a forest." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lookin Posted May 6, 2011 Members Share Posted May 6, 2011 MER has become my purlieu, As there's always a fun thread or deux. But is it très gay If I post en français When I'm here in my favorite milieu? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hitoallusa Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Lookin that's such a witty poem~~~ Wanna meet you someday.. MER has become my purlieu, As there's always a fun thread or deux. But is it très gay If I post en français When I'm here in my favorite milieu? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hitoallusa Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 That's a very witty poem. Lookin I want to meet you sometime. This place became my favorite purlieu since there is less people and quiet. I find my peace here. Although whether being quiet is a good thing but I can breathe and comfortable here. MER has become my purlieu, As there's always a fun thread or deux. But is it très gay If I post en français When I'm here in my favorite milieu? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Erostotle Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 I am not ure what the point of this thread is. Does the OP really think we will start using this word in our conversations? I know that I won't, and consider the thread a waste of internet space. Thankfully that space seems unlimited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotallyOz Posted May 14, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 I am not ure what the point of this thread is. Does the OP really think we will start using this word in our conversations? I know that I won't, and consider the thread a waste of internet space. Thankfully that space seems unlimited. LOL I am not sure who you are and why you are so critical of things. hummm. Are you really a new poster? I doubt it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hitoallusa Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Yes that space is unlimited and it can use for something good. I think it was a good vocabulary lesson for me and I appreciate OZ for posting it. You never know you might encounter the word sometime in our life. I am not ure what the point of this thread is. Does the OP really think we will start using this word in our conversations? I know that I won't, and consider the thread a waste of internet space. Thankfully that space seems unlimited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
