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Names, naming and words
Finding old words
The old words I have been finding are my old words, not Old English words, although I have been finding some of them… Old English had such evocative vocabulary… here are just some examples I’ve found on a site I follow: corn-gesǣlig – wealthy in corn/grain ge-dof – absurdity, stupidity, nonsense sunn-set – the place where the […]
MoreThe things which crop up in our English class
In our English conversation class, we were trying to explain the phrase being ‘used to’ something… ‘I don’t mind walking to town, I’m used to it…’ ‘writing every day is easy for me because I’m used to it…’ In our explanation we used the words ‘habitual’ and ‘accustomed to’ and I was reminded of this […]
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