About the Name

So, I don't always post more than one entry on any given day, but since this blog is new and all, I felt that I owed it (and you) a little something extra. So, I'm going to talk briefly about why I chose the label, "A Myriad of Sorts" (for now, we'll call it "amos").

It's a short story, actually. Something that just floated to me, "amos" seemed familiar, because I feel like I have heard it tossed around many times, but I had never stopped to think about what it meant. After a little googling, I came up with the following:

myr·i·ad
Pronunciation: \ˈmir-ē-əd\
Function: noun
1. ten thousand
2. a great number (a myriad of ideas)

Okay. So, ten thousand of something, or just a lot. Seems pretty good, so far.

Now, "of sorts":

Adjective
1. (idiomatic) Resembling; similar to; in a way; partial or not entire; somewhat.

He wrote a polite retraction, as an apology of sorts for his harsh words.


Interesting. It seems as though I really like word pairings that aren't expected to go together. Ten thousand parts. Or somewhat a lot. That's kind of where this is going, I think. Actually, the match really isn't that odd, is it? Not if you look at it in the way of having many pieces. But if you start to roll in the other direction, saying that there's a lot of not really anything, you start getting into a tangle.

Maybe I just don't really understand it that well. But I think that's why I like it.

Hehe.

I suppose I'll go ponder this for a bit. I may never completely get it, but that's really okay.

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