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Journey of a 300-Year-Old House

A list of 54 words by chained_bear.

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If you read this in order from top to bottom, the word progression suggests the "lifespan" of a 300-year-old house in Pennsylvania.

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  • reesetee commented on the list journey-of-a-300-year-old-house

    I love this list idea! I've often thought of doing it but couldn't find a good subject. This is great! Thanks, c_b!

    October 12, 2007

  • uselessness commented on the list journey-of-a-300-year-old-house

    That is pretty awesome. Nice job. And favorited!

    October 12, 2007

  • npydyuan commented on the list journey-of-a-300-year-old-house

    Wowee zowee. Beautiful.

    October 13, 2007

  • rocksinmypockets commented on the list journey-of-a-300-year-old-house

    This actually brought tears to my eyes. Granted, I probably have a larger soft spot than the average American for the restoration of old homes and buildings.

    A well crafted list, to be sure.

    October 13, 2007

  • chained_bear commented on the list journey-of-a-300-year-old-house

    Gosh, I didn't think it would have this kind of effect. Thanks, all. Glad you like it!

    I love the "clump of words" characteristic of lists, that these Wordie lists work in a linear sense as well as a cloud sense, that you can read a "story" by reading a list, even if it's missing huge chunks of grammatically necessary stuff.

    That's why all my Tunies highlight fairly pedestrian words. I like the juxtaposition of them on a list so much, I don't mind having "ordinary" words listed. I figured that was just me and other people would find it dull, though.

    Rocks, don't worry, you're among friends. :) I feel the same way about history. Trust me, I do.

    October 13, 2007

  • npydyuan commented on the list journey-of-a-300-year-old-house

    I think you're spot on with the "ordinary" words. Playing with this sort of thing (Wordie) allows the ordinary to interconnect. You can make transcendent weavings with plain old yarns.

    October 13, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the list journey-of-a-300-year-old-house

    Very true, np and c_b. It's one of the aspects of Wordie I love best. :-) And c_b, it didn't even occur to me to read it in cloud form, probably because you suggested the list version. Now I'm off to contemplate the cloud of Journey of a 300-Year-Old House.

    October 13, 2007