On warmth and coolth

One day when my friend the Gnome is president, white socks with dark shoes will be outlawed, and Valentines day will be disbanded. I hope to use my influence with her to pass a motion to officially make "coolth" a word. It really should be. What better way to invite someone to sit under a shady tree in "the coolth of the day"?

Thus far, my friend is not convinced. She says the motion to ban pan flutes is higher on her list than acknowledging coolth. But my campaign for great, although still unofficial, words like coolth (along with many other ramblings in my random mind) will hopefully be part of upcoming blogs...

(P.S. In his otherwise excellent and hilarious book Mother Tongue, Bill Bryson traces the fascinating history of English, and comments that "strangely", unlike its counterpart "warmth", "coolth" is not a word. However, Google cites 22,400 hits for the English word "Coolth". I beg to differ with Mr Bryson on this one.)