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I read an interesting article in ‘Irish Archaeology’, about the defeat of the Vikings in Dublin by the great Irish king, Brian Bóruma (Boru) in 999. After his victory over Sitric Silkbeard, at the Battle of Glen Máma, instead of marching straight in to ravish Dublin, Brian diverted some of his troops to go and […]
MoreTiny is quite a tiny word, you could, I guess extend it to tinier and tininess, but it is basically quite a small word and although it comes from Middle English, tine, no-one seems sure where it came from before that. Is it associated with the word tine, a prong of a fork? The two […]
MoreI love language and words, fascinated by their origin and original meaning and their metamorphosis into something else. Even though I am always correcting my children’s grammar, I love the way new styles of language come in, text-speak can be so original and creative, for example. Other languages also interest me and part of the […]
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Lois Elsden 