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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I‘ve been spending the day working on a new novel idea, and it‘s my first time writing without any kind of outline.

It is both terrifying and exhilarating. 😂

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

Ruthiella Good luck! 🍀 1w

julesG It does sound more eloquent than 'pantser' 😉 1w

AnnCrystal It's Exhilarating! 👏🏼😉👌🏼 You got this 📝💝.. 1w

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CBee How exciting!! You can do it 🙌🏻 1w

CatLass007 Awesome! I didn‘t know you are a novelist. Have you written anything in which I might be interested? You have to remember that I‘m interested in reading every genre. Also, I agree with @julesG, it does sound more eloquent than “pantster.” Thanks for the tag! 1w

BookmarkTavern @CatLass007 This one‘s a cozy mystery! And nothing published as of yet! But I‘m hoping to have something by the end of the year to start querying. We‘ll see how that goes! 🤞🏻 1w

CatLass007 Excellent! I love cozies. Does it have a theme? Cats, dogs, book club, baking, crafting, etc.? Or do you know yet? 1w

BookmarkTavern @CatLass007 my amateur sleuth has inherited an old train diner car and is restoring it as an old fashioned diner! 1w

CatLass007 Cool!! I definitely would patronize the diner. (edited) 1w

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

My #weirdwordwednesday pick! I remember discovering this word during a word game - maybe Words With Friends or similar - and always thought it was a bit silly sounding. This little googol mascot guy should have googly eyes, I think 😂 #weirdwords

CBee @Megabooks @Daisey @TheBookHippie @Amiable @vivastory @Catlass007 @mandarchy @dabbe @IndoorDame @peanutnine @psalva @slategreyskies @Lil1inblue @Deblovestoread @TheSpineView @BookmarkTavern @Cuilin @Kerrbearlib (edited) 1w

CatLass007 Another great word! I was listening to Death Comes To Pemberley and decided to look up a word instead of just figuring out what it meant from its context. I actually should have stuck to my habit with this particular word because it was very difficult to find a real definition or even a picture. What on earth did the word jives mean in 1803? 1w

BookmarkTavern I heard the word googolplex (10 raised to the power of a googol) first when I was in school, and that‘s how I learned about googol. 😄 1w

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CBee @CatLass007 jives? In 1803? Hmm. I have no idea 😂😂 1w

CBee @BookmarkTavern I should have included googolplex! 1w

CatLass007 I‘ve heard of gewgaws but not googols. “Jives around the prisoner‘s wrists,” was the quote in the book. Shackles. 1w

CBee @CatLass007 gotcha. What are gewgaws? 1w

CatLass007 Gewgaws are what I would call “thingies.” I‘ve never actually looked up the definition. As usual. 1w

CBee @CatLass007 I looked it up 😂 Couldn‘t resist. “Gewgaws:
a showy thing, especially one that is useless or worthless.” 1w

CatLass007 Okay, so I was wrong. Thingies are useful. 1w

CBee @CatLass007 I agree! Thingies are very useful, especially when you don‘t know what something is called. “That thingie over there” and such 😂 1w

CatLass007 Exactly!! 1w

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BookmarkTavern

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Sometimes, you just gotta buckle down and do the work. 💙

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

CBee Oof. But the work can be so hard 😬🫩 2w

BookmarkTavern @CBee Yes, but the results are so very often worth it! 💕 2w

CBee @BookmarkTavern this is true ♥️ 2w

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

This word came up in my last read (Saltwater 🙌🏻🙌🏻). It would be so fun to ride one of these! 😊
Here‘s an article about some well-known funiculars around the world: https://www.treehugger.com/fabulous-funiculars-from-around-the-globe-4863745

RaeLovesToRead I've been on funiculars! There was a small one in Scarborough. The biggest I've been on (I think) was Lake Como. Do you have them in the US? 2w

RaeLovesToRead Ok the ones in the article are enormous! I've not been on one that big!!!!! 2w

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CBee @RaeLovesToRead we do! Not sure how many, but there‘s one a couple hours from me that I might have to check out! 2w

TheBookHippie I‘ve been on a few and I‘ve been on the Lookout Mountain one, seen the LA one. There‘s one at our zoo it‘s a riot ! 2w

peanutnine A funicular was mentioned in my last read as well! What are the odds! These seem so cool, I want to ride one! 2w

ImperfectCJ The article missed this one, which is the one that taught me the word. (Until then, I just called them all trams, which is clearly wrong.): https://www.quebec-cite.com/en/businesses/funiculaire-du-vieux-quebec 2w

Bookwormjillk I rode one in Pittsburgh. Kind of fun and scary at the same time. 2w

CBee @TheBookHippie if you ever ever ever get back down to Chattanooga, you better let me know. I‘m like two hours from there! 2w

CBee @peanutnine small world! I sort of thought it sounded like a body part - like part of the spine or something 😆 2w

CBee @ImperfectCJ oooo how cool! 2w

CBee @Bookwormjillk I want to visit the one on Lookout Mountain now. 2w

Bookwormjillk @CBee I bet that's pretty! 2w

CBee @Bookwormjillk it‘s lovely up there! 2w

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From Old English to Standard English: A Course Book in Language Variation Across Time | Dennis Freeborn

Recent home library acquisition:

📖 From Old English to Standard English (second edition): A Course Book in Language Variation Across Time by Dennis Freeborn

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My Big Sister Can See Dragons | Rocky Sanchez Tirona

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#Bibliophile Day 19: what happens when your big sister can see #Dragons? Big Sister provided a ‘dragon eye‘ technique that consists of rolling up one‘s eyeballs that would allow the dragons to surface in one‘s peripheral vision - yet this young girl simply cannot see them. My full review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-dVr

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Adorable 🐉 3w

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwords #weirdwordWednesday

from the book:
Barbara Newhall Follett
(A Life In Letters)

CBee

CBee Thanks for sharing 😊 3w

tpixie @CBee 🪻🪻🪻 3w

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BookmarkTavern

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

It‘s raining outside, I‘ve got hot chocolate, the blanket right out of the dryer, and a lovely book. It‘s a perfect afternoon.

Do I have 10 different rain related words saved in my notes app? No comment.

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

TheBookHippie 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 3w

dabbe What a lovely word to say out loud! 💙🩵💙 3w

CSeydel Oh I like that one 3w

AnnCrystal 🌧️💝💝💝. 3w

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Today‘s #weirdwords choice could make you hungry, or make you feel ill, depending on how you feel about peas 🫛😂 #weirdwordwednesday

CBee @slategreyskies @Lil1inblue @Deblovestoread @TheSpineView @BookmarkTavern @Cuilin @Kerrbearlib
3w

CBee @Megabooks @Daisey @TheBookHippie @Amiable @vivastory @Catlass007 @mandarchy @dabbe @IndoorDame @peanutnine @psalva 3w

CatLass007 Great word! I hate canned peas but I love snow peas. 3w

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CatLass007 Good morning! 3w

CBee @CatLass007 good morning! I grew up on canned peas but once I tried fresh, I never wanted canned again! Same with asparagus! 3w

CatLass007 My Mom used to tell a story that I don‘t remember happening but it sounds like me. When I was in daycare we couldn‘t get up from the lunch table until we cleaned our plates. When Mom came to pick me up after she got off work, I was still sitting at the table eating my peas. With. My. Knife. One. Pea. At. A. Time.🤣 3w

Bookwormjillk These are fresh in my garden now and my daughter can‘t get enough. I‘ll have to let her know. 3w

TheSpineView Thanks for the tag! BTW, I love snow 🫛 💚 3w

TheBookHippie I love sugar snap peas!!! Yummmm. 3w

Amiable I like snow peas, but my tongue is completely and utterly unable to pronounce French words! 😄 3w

dabbe @Amiable Try this: mahnge-TOO (don't mind if I do!) 3w

dabbe The only way I can eat frozen or canned peas is in a salad with lots of dressing. 🤣 3w

willaful @Bookwormjillk I grow them too and can't wait. I eat them raw! 3w

BookmarkTavern Yum! I love sugar peas! 3w

CBee @CatLass007 wow, that is some serious dedication to peas 😂😂 3w

CBee @Bookwormjillk yum! 3w

CBee @Amiable ha! I do okay. My husband says I pronounce German fairly well which is a major feat 😂 3w

CBee @dabbe perfect 🤩 3w

Amiable @CBee German is way easier for me — my husband jokes that I inherited the “German gargle” from my ancestors because I can pronounce those harsh sounds much better than the French ones! 😄 3w

CatLass007 More like serious dedication to no peas.😝😂😂 3w

CBee @Amiable ha! The German gargle 😂😂 I‘ll have to tell hubby this 3w

CBee @CatLass007 true. I think that was what I meant actually 😂🤪 3w

CatLass007 I figured. It‘s weird. I like split pea soup. But it has flavor and canned peas just don‘t. 3w

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwordwednesday #onathursday #weirdwords
A day late, but here we go! 😊

CBee @slategreyskies @Lil1inblue @Deblovestoread @TheSpineView @BookmarkTavern @Cuilin @Kerrbearlib @Megabooks @Daisey @Amiable @CatLass007 @TheBookHippie @IndoorDame @vivastory @mandarchy @dabbe @peanutnine @psalva 1mo

TheSpineView Great word! 🤩 1mo

CatLass007 Love it! 1mo

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dabbe Makes me wish that POLYGLUT existed ... as in someone who eats too many things at one sitting! 😍🤣😍 1mo

BookmarkTavern Such a fun word to say! 1mo

CBee @dabbe I thought something similar 😂😂 1mo

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