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Monday, August 3, 2015

Forgotten English…11

You can say that again! zuggers An interjection. This is a word, like others of the same class, the precise meaning of which is not easy to define. James Jennings’s The Dialect of the West of England, 1869 Cursing Condemned The custom of cursing and swearing, which has long prevail’d among all sorts... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 1, 2015

Listen to your inner voices…

Well, at least sometimes! Maybe the secret is to know when to listen and when not to listen… One of the myriad walkies routes Bennie and I follow leads to the park at the bottom of our street. Next to one of the many trails up in the woods it’s our favourite: seldom a day goes by when we do not... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 30, 2015

On Privacy…

During most of the roughly 2.8 million years since the emergence of the genus Homo, the very notion of ‘privacy’, let alone its practical consequences, didn’t exist. What we take for granted, albeit to varying degrees, is a very recent and largely Western cultural phenomenon that developed... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Forgotten English…10

Daughters didn’t rise that early, I guess… son of the morning A traveller, in allusion to the practice in the East of travellers rising early in order to avoid the fatigue of traveling in the heat of the day. Albert Hyamson’s Dictionary of English Phrases, 1922 Travails of Travel In the posthumously... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Forgotten English…9

Would you know one if you saw one? Probably not, though you might by hearing one… englottogaster One who speaks from his belly; a ventriloquist. W. Tarton’s Medical Glossary…Deduced from Original Languages, 1802 And if you should be inclined to practice it, let’s hope fate will be kinder to you than... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 26, 2015

About Science…XXI

Well, it’s Sunday School again! And what better way to begin the class than with a quote from one of our ‘Saints of Science’: ”It is quite clear to me that the religious paradise of youth…was a first attempt to free myself from the chains of the ‘merely-personal’, from an existence which is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 24, 2015

Forgotten English…8

Some of us have these every day… month’s mind “An eager wish or longing. A very ancient phrase, many centuries old.” Rev. Robert Forby’s Vocabulary of East Anglia, 1830 Scheveling in the Morning On this date in 1660 [May 20 th ] Pepys candidly described a titillating encounter: “Up early, and…by... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Forgotten English…7

Would you like one of these? smeerkin “The sweetest of all kisses; the kiss one lover gives another when they are quivering in one another’s arms. Few joys exceed a smeerkin.” John Mactaggart’s Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia, 1824 Okay, pull yourself together now... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 20, 2015

Forgotten English…6

Ya got one of these? scratch-back “The name ‘scratch-back’ was, as its name implies, formed for the purpose of scratching the backs of our fair and stately great and great-great-grandmothers and their ancestresses from the time of Queen Elizabeth; and very choicely set and carved some of them... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 19, 2015

Truck vs. Blogger...Part VII, Fun with Ontario's Automobile Insurance

Yesterday I spoke to a very dear and special friend about the rules insurance companies employ to deal with claims (don't ask!), and I was reminded of my own experiences in that regard and something I had written about years ago. And after I had promised her I would send it to her, it occurred to me... Sign in to see full entry.

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