Or is that a Sea Anemone?
I have always loved this verbal similitude. And aren’t the phrases absolutely fabulous to say? All those n’s and m’s. And, yes I know, the apostrophes shouldn’t go in there but how else to show what I am saying?
An Enemy
An enemy (boo, hiss) is someone or thing with whom or which you are far from friendly. He, she or it is the antithesis to your loving, wonderful self and are likely to produce feelings of animosity, hatred even.
When there is a collective hatred of another object, then conflict arises leading in all probability to warfare.
Hatred is an awful state and we must do all we can to not allow it into our lives.
Enmity
When conflict arises between two bodies – individuals or peoples – then enmity exists between them.This usually arouses aggressive behaviour between the parties involved and is normally long-standing rather than short-lived.
Again, the word is lovely on the tongue due once more to the n and m sounds. The t sound though gives the word more bite – appropriate for the word context.
Amenity
Looks similar to enmity but amenity has a much pleasanter connotation: a desirable or useful feature or facility of a place or building.
Anomy
One needs to be careful choosing the correct word. Anomy is very close linguistically to enemy and whilst an enemy may show the characteristics of anomy, the latter actually is a lack of social or moral standards, either in an individual or in society as a whole.
Lemony
Yet another great sounding word. The word-sounds are soft on the tip of the tongue and lips which is quite in variance with the acidity and tartness of the actual fruit.
Did you know trumpet, or other brass, players find it extremely hard to play their instruments when someone is close to them sucking on a lemon?
Give it a try yourself.
Anemone
Eventually, all of the above preamble leads us to the purpose of this post and that is to enjoy the phrase “an anemone”. Say it aloud but be careful not to stumble over the positions of the n’s and m’s. It’s a great and fun phrase to get your lips around.
On land, an anemone is a flower:
But there is also a sea anemone:
Confusing, eh? Even more cause for confusion however is the fact that the sea anemone is not a plant but is actually a marine animal. Really.