September 30, 2010Word of the Day
RACONTEUR\ra-kahn-TER\DEFINITIONnoun

: a person who excels in telling anecdotes
EXAMPLES a bona fide raconteur, Turner can turn even mundane experiences into hilariously entertaining stories.

"The story is constructed as a light mentor piece in which Henry, a sometime college literature professor, Christmas ball collector and raconteur, takes a boarder into his crummy New York apartment." -- From an article by Dennis King in The Oklahoman, September 10, 2010
DID YOU KNOW?The story of "raconteur" is a tale of telling and counting. English speakers borrowed the word from French, where it traces back to the Old French verb "raconter," meaning "to tell." "Raconter" in turn was formed from another Old French verb, "aconter" or "acompter," meaning "to tell" or "to count," which is ultimately from Latin "computare," meaning "to count." "Computare" is also the source of our words "count" and "account." "Raconteur" has been part of the English vocabulary since at least 1828.

And for those who are into landscaping...

RACONTEUR To change shape. - Sorry Mr Jones, but we're gonna need ta raconteur your back yard to get it to stop floodin yer root celler.
Ok, so I made this up and it's corny. I never said It was good, just kinda sorta funny.