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Saturday, July 18, 2015

About Science…XX

Welcome to class again, folks. We’ve got a couple of new faces – well, not entirely new, but people who have undoubtedly been studying hard at home! And I know one of them has been kept away by constant flooding in her street… Anyway, today we’ll answer a couple of questions. The first one is from... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 16, 2015

Forgotten English…5

Are you one of these? Actually, I doubt it… psychrolute " One who bathes in the open air daily throughout the winter; specifically a member of a society, formed circa, 1840, to promote this practice." Sir James Murray’s New English Dictionary, 1909 "Psychrolutron, cold bathing after warm bathing."... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Forgotten English…4

I wonder if any of the guys around here would go in for a bit of mallemarocking Probably not, unless they like… “The visiting and carousing of seamen in the Greenland ships.” Adm. William Smyth’s Sailor’s Word-book, 1867 Formed on Dutch mallemarok, a foolish woman, tomboy; from mal, foolish and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 13, 2015

Forgotten English…3

I wonder if anyone has heard this one before… Spatherdab Definition: A chatterer, gossip, scandal monger; a woman who goes from house to house dispensing news. A. Benoni Evans’s Leicestershire Words, Phrases and Proverbs, 1881 Dispensing news? I would regard most of our media as spatherdabs… Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 12, 2015

About Science…XIX

Welcome back to Sunday school, folks! The term is not entirely inappropriate, since we must briefly mention Newton again, and point out that his laws of motion were indeed gospel for a couple hundred years. Newtonian relativity explained things with seeming perfection, and in fact well into the 19... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 11, 2015

Forgotten English…2

I'm sure this one meets with approval... ‘ Bundling ’ Definition: “Bundling used to be a widely diffused Welsh custom before marriage. The betrothed or engaged pair went to bed, or more frequently lay together, in their clothes…Even among families of good position it is tacitly recognized and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 10, 2015

Forgotten English...1

In rummaging around, looking for a book on one of my overloaded shelves, I came across a couple of desk calendars a decade old. I had saved them because they were fun – instead of being merely business-like, each day gave you a word or expression once current in the English language but since... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 6, 2015

A new Beginning…

Many of you may remember the ‘Disaster of the Trees’, the destruction of our beautiful White Ash trees that gave our street its name, a canopy of green, cool shade in summer and an interesting kind of filigree of dense branches against the winter sky. But a parasite infestation and an ice storm... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 5, 2015

About Science…XVIII

Welcome back to class, folks. I know it’s Sunday, a day of rest, but that means rest from work. Nobody says you’re not allowed to engage in a bit of learning on Sundays! I mean you’ve heard of Sunday school, haven’t you? Mind you, this one’s a little different, LOL… As I suggested the last time,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 4, 2015

TO ALL OUR AMERICAN FRIENDS

A HAPPY 4TH OF JULY Sign in to see full entry.

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