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dabbe

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday
@CBee

This one seems relevant nowadays for some reason.

CatLass007 Great word! I do love #WeirdWordWednesdays! 1w

dabbe @CatLass007 😍🤩😍 1w

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bibliothecarivs

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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dabbe

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | Anne Collins, Alexander McCall Smith

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

From #wellrounded to #renaissanceman
From #poetry to #prose

Hard one today!

TheSpineView Yes, it was hard. However, you did great! 1mo

dabbe @TheSpineView 😍 1mo

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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
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CBee @Megabooks @Daisey @TheBookHippie @Amiable @vivastory @Catlass007 @mandarchy @dabbe @IndoorDame @peanutnine @psalva 1mo

CatLass007 Great word! I hate canned peas but I love snow peas. 1mo

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CatLass007 Good morning! 1mo

CBee @CatLass007 good morning! I grew up on canned peas but once I tried fresh, I never wanted canned again! Same with asparagus! 1mo

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.🤣 1mo

Bookwormjillk These are fresh in my garden now and my daughter can‘t get enough. I‘ll have to let her know. 1mo

TheSpineView Thanks for the tag! BTW, I love snow 🫛 💚 1mo

TheBookHippie I love sugar snap peas!!! Yummmm. 1mo

Amiable I like snow peas, but my tongue is completely and utterly unable to pronounce French words! 😄 1mo

dabbe @Amiable Try this: mahnge-TOO (don't mind if I do!) 1mo

dabbe The only way I can eat frozen or canned peas is in a salad with lots of dressing. 🤣 1mo

willaful @Bookwormjillk I grow them too and can't wait. I eat them raw! 1mo

BookmarkTavern Yum! I love sugar peas! 1mo

CBee @CatLass007 wow, that is some serious dedication to peas 😂😂 1mo

CBee @Bookwormjillk yum! 1mo

CBee @Amiable ha! I do okay. My husband says I pronounce German fairly well which is a major feat 😂 1mo

CBee @dabbe perfect 🤩 1mo

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! 😄 1mo

CatLass007 More like serious dedication to no peas.😝😂😂 1mo

CBee @Amiable ha! The German gargle 😂😂 I‘ll have to tell hubby this 1mo

CBee @CatLass007 true. I think that was what I meant actually 😂🤪 1mo

CatLass007 I figured. It‘s weird. I like split pea soup. But it has flavor and canned peas just don‘t. 1mo

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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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BookmarkTavern

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

A Ghanaian concept, the word is expanded into the proverb “se wo were fi na wosankofa a yenkyi.”

Sankofa is the understanding that only by knowing your (personal, cultural, national) history can you know your current self, and know how to become better.

The concept feels particularly relevant right now.

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords

CBee

shortsarahrose I‘ve heard this used in meditation practices before. Like you pick something you want to get out of your practice as a sankofa, say it a few times, and then let it go. 2mo

CBee I always love the words you post! 2mo

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Stumbled upon this word in my last read - The Devil and Mrs. Davenport (great book). I didn‘t know there was a specific word for speaking in tongues, but I mean, apparently there is a word for everything 😂🙌🏻 #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday

BookmarkTavern, Daisey, Cuilin, TheBookHippie, Amiable, Deblovestoread, vivastory, slategreyskies, Kerrbearlib, CatLass007, mandarchy, TheSpineView, dabbe, IndoorDame, lil1inblue, peanutnine, psalva

Deblovestoread Oooo, I like that word! Thanks for the tag! 2mo

CatLass007 I think I‘ve heard this one before. Maybe on an episode of House? Still, great to have all the extra info. 2mo

dabbe Such a pretty word when said out loud! 🩵💚💙 2mo

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BookmarkTavern Oh wow! I hadn‘t heard of this before! 2mo

peanutnine Oh I like the sound of this one! 2mo

TheSpineView Oh yes! 2mo

CBee @CatLass007 House! Love that show. 2mo

Amiable What a neat word! 2mo

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Nope, it‘s not a type of multivitamin 😂 Just a super cool musical instrument that is apparently quite hard to master. Links: https://youtu.be/-QgTF8p-284?si=yBQCF2IBXR-Z3Tq6
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

BookmarkTavern, Megabooks, Daisey, Cuilin, TheBookHippie, Amiable, Deblovestoread, vivastory, slategreyskies, Kerrbearlib, CatLass007, mandarchy, TheSpineView, dabbe, IndoorDame, lil1inblue, peanutnine, psalva

CatLass007 Cool! 3mo

BookmarkTavern I had a friend in high school who learned how to play this! 3mo

peanutnine Oh my goodness that is very cool 3mo

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TheSpineView Neat! Thanks for the tag!💛🏷 3mo

Deblovestoread Makes me think of a Big Bang episode. That‘s where I learned about them. 😀 3mo

Bookwomble One of my favourite bands, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion use a theremin on their earlier albums. And the mighty Portishead have been known to dabble! 3mo

AlaMich A theremin also featured in Severance in this last season. The actor learned to play for the role 3mo

dabbe How effin cool is this? 🤩🎶🤩 3mo

CBee @Bookwomble oh, I love Portishead. A theramin has such an eerie sound and them using it makes perfect sense 👏🏻 3mo

CBee @AlaMich I read about that! I haven‘t watched Severance but all I hear are good things! 3mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern wow! How‘d that go? I‘m very musical but it looks so daunting! 3mo

BookmarkTavern She loved it! It was a challenge and that‘s what drew her to it! 3mo

Amiable @Deblovestoread Ha ha, me too! I saw this and immediately thought of Sheldon Cooper. 😄 3mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern incredible 👏🏻👏🏻 3mo

Daisey @Amiable @Deblovestoread I thought the same thing when I saw it! 😆 3mo

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ChrisBohjalian

Gobsmacked!: The British Invasion of American English | Ben Yagoda

I love any book that teaches me a new word such as "shitgibbin."

julieclair This book sounds like so much fun! Stacking. 3mo

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