Knock, Knock!...

By Vichara

Knock, Knock? Who’s there?...YOU!...You who?...The one reading this…no wait, there’s more of you. There’s the laughing you, the thinking you, the sad you, the troubled you, the smart you, the leader you, the follower you, the loving you, the angry you. Gather all that is you up, because each part is as important as the other, you have been given a new day and a new set of puzzles to figure out. But hey don’t worry, we are all in this together. And say if I get stuck you can help me and if you get stuck I will help you. Now there’s a novel approach to existence…helping each other out? Pssssst – pass it along, it may catch on!

appellation • \ap-uh-LAY-shun\ • noun
1 : an identifying name or title : designation
2 archaic : the act of calling by a name
3 : a geographical name used to identify wine

Example Sentence:
We used to call him "Danny," but he recently let us know that he prefers the appellation "Daniel."

Did you know?
Ask a Frenchman named "Jacques" his name, and you may very well get the reply, "Je m'appelle Jacques." The French verb "appeller" means "to call (by a name)," so Jacques' answer literally translates to "I call myself Jacques." Knowing the function of "appeller" makes it easy to remember that "appellation" refers to the name or title by which something is called or known. "Appeller" and "appellation" also share a common ancestor -- the Latin "appellare," meaning "to call or summon," formed by combining the prefix "ad-" ("to") with another verb, "pellere" ("to drive"). "Appellare" is also the root of our word "appeal" (by way of Anglo-French and Middle English), as well as "appellate," referring to a kind of court where appeals are heard