{"id":212,"date":"2014-07-26T07:04:05","date_gmt":"2014-07-26T14:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danness.com\/?p=212"},"modified":"2015-02-23T20:15:09","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T04:15:09","slug":"the-nessness-of-ness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danness.com\/?p=212","title":{"rendered":"The Nessness of Ness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some suffixes are an afterthought, while others define or refine the essence of the word before.
\nNess is like that.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ness and -ness are\u00a0about more than the thing itself, about the meta-ness of any concept, place, person, or thing.
\nNess is like that.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"800px-Nessie<\/a><\/p>\n

As the Vikings explored, they mapped the territory. A Ness is a promontory, a vantage point for seeing further.
\nNess is like that.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

You can refer to Wikipedia for more about Ness<\/a>, Wiktionary for -ness, and other places for more.<\/p>\n

Several entries from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:<\/p>\n

Ness may refer to:
\nNess (Irish mythology)<\/a>, a princess in Irish mythology. More about this can be found in comic form<\/a> (!) by the artist Patrick Brown<\/a><\/p>\n

Places<\/strong>
\nThe Germanic\/Nordic word for promontory, found in Northern European placenames
\nLoch Ness, a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands Loch Ness Monster, a cryptid that is reputed to inhabit Loch Ness<\/p>\n

River Ness, links the Loch to the North Sea at Inverness, Scotland, UK
\nNess: East Ness & West Ness, Ryedale, North Yorkshire
\nNess, Lewis, the most northerly area on Lewis, Scotland, UK
\nNess Football Club, Football club based in the Western Isles
\nBo’ness, a town in Scotland, UK
\nLowestoft Ness, most easterly point of the UK
\nOrford Ness, shingle spit and bird sanctuary in Suffolk, England, UK
\nNess, Cheshire<\/a>, a village in Cheshire on the Wirral Peninsula, England, UK
\nNess Botanic Gardens<\/a>, owned by the University of Liverpool and located on the Wirral Peninsula, England (located in Ness, Cheshire, UK<\/a>)
\nNess City, Kansas
\nNess Township, Minnesota<\/p>\n

Affixation<\/strong>
\nCaithness, a Scottish county
\nDungeness (headland), shingle promontory and site of a nuclear power station in Kent, England
\nInverness, a Scottish city, Capital of the Highlands
\nLangness Peninsula, in the Isle of Man
\nSharpness Point, a promontory at Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
\nSheerness, an English town in Kent
\nShoeburyness, an Essex Town on the North Bank of the Thames Estuary
\nStromness, a harbour town in the Orkney Isles
\nAlness, a Scottish town
\nSkegness, a north sea coastal town in East Lincolnshire.
\nHamars Ness, a headland on the island of Fetlar in Shetland
\nMilton Ness, a coastal landform along the coast of the North Sea
\nScurdie Ness, a headland to the South of Montrose and the name of the lighthouse located there<\/p>\n

Organizations<\/strong>
\nNess Computing, Personal search company
\nNess Technologies, Global provider of IT services and solutions
\nNess Foundation, a medical research charity near Inverness, Scotland
\nNew England Skeptical Society (NESS), a skeptical organization<\/p>\n

People<\/strong>
\nNess, also NE2S, shortened versions of name used by French rapper Nessbeal
\nNess, Eliot (1903-1957) American lawman
\nNess, Edwards (1897\u20131968), Welsh Labour Party politician
\nNess, Flowers, Welsh former rugby player
\nNess, Wadia (born 1970), Indian businessman
\nNess (surname)<\/p>\n

The surname Ness may refer to:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Politics<\/strong>
\nDon Ness (born 1974), American politician from Duluth, Minnesota
\nEliot Ness (1903\u20131957), American Prohibition agent
\nJames Van Ness (1808\u20131872), seventh mayor of San Francisco, USA from 1855 to 1856
\nSteinar Ness (born 1959), Norwegian politician for the Centre Party<\/p>\n

Arts and Entertainment<\/strong>
\nMike Ness (born 1962), American guitarist, vocalist, and chief songwriter for the punk rock band Social Distortion
\nDan Ness<\/a> (1975-) Portland, OR-area artist
\nEvaline Ness (1911\u20131986), American commercial artist and illustrator for award winning children’s books
\nJennifer Ness (born 1972), English actress best known for her role as murderess Kris Yates in the ITV drama Bad Girls
\nPatrick Ness (born 1971), American author, journalist and lecturer
\nTigilau Ness, Niuean New Zealand activist and reggae artist<\/p>\n

Sports<\/strong>
\nBrad Ness, Australian wheelchair basketballer
\nErin Ness (born 1978), American poker player, former photo producer for Maxim Magazine, and television personality
\nHarry Ness, a footballer
\nJack Ness (1885\u20131957), first baseman in Major League Baseball
\nJamie Ness (born 1991), Scottish footballer
\nNate Ness (born 1986), American football cornerback and safety
\nNess Flowers, Welsh former rugby player
\nThormod Ness (born 1972), Norwegian football coach and former player<\/p>\n

Education<\/strong>
\nCarl Van Ness, curator and historian at the University of Florida
\nImmanuel Ness, teaches political science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York<\/p>\n

Other fields<\/strong>
\nArlen Ness<\/a>, American entrepreneur and motorcyclist
\nCharles Ness, a senior Royal Air Force commander
\nDan Ness (Sr.) (1923-2013), a U.S. Air Force pilot and Lt. Colonel
\nDan Ness, Jr. (born 1957), an information\u00a0technology industry analyst and award-winning author
\nHelge Ness (1861\u20131928), Norwegian botanist
\nTerje Ness (born 1972), Norwegian chef<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some suffixes are an afterthought, while others define or refine the essence of the word before. Ness is like that. Ness and -ness are\u00a0about more than the thing itself, about the meta-ness of any concept, place, person, or thing. Ness is like that. As the Vikings explored, they mapped the territory. A Ness is a … <\/p>\n

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