Monday, February 2, 2009

Segue or Segway?

Word of the Day!
segue

Writing a report on a kid that has difficulty making transitions from one bit of the conversation to another.. typical spectrum stuff.

I was looking on how to spell this skill. I got a lot on the new trippy two wheeled transport system and nothing on the concept I wanted to write about.. then one small entry on how do you spell..

and then I found that I was really really looking for Segue and not Segway.

Segue:
3 entries found.

1segue (verb imperative)
2segue (intransitive verb)
3segue (noun)

Main Entry:
1se·gue
Pronunciation:
\ˈse-(ˌ)gwā, ˈsā-\
Function:
verb imperative
Etymology:
Italian, there follows, from seguire to follow, from Latin sequi — more at sue
Date:
circa 1740
1 : proceed to what follows without pause —used as a direction in music
2 : perform the music that follows like that which has preceded —used as a direction in music

1 comment:

Campbell said...

This one had me rolling, Uncle Pat! I worked on the "SEGWHAI" project and I saw some pretty creative spellings...

http://www.segwhai.org