Fa – the Green Dragon

A Place for the Odd Musings of an Expat Bristolian

February 7, 2020
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Unusual U.K. place names 57. -Red Marley D’Abitot

RED MARLEY D’ABITOT, Gloucestershire

Name from reedy pond

Urse d’Abetot was sheriff

hailed from Normandy

February 6, 2020
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Obsure words explained79. – philippic

PHILIPPIC

Searing critical

speech, like we hear about Trump.

Weary of his lies!

February 5, 2020
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Unusual U.K. place names 56. – Ormesby

ORMESBY, Yorkhire

Viking settlement

Home to the Pennyman’s

Free to the public

February 4, 2020
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Unusual U.K. place names54. – Wyre Piddle

WYRE PIDDLE, Worcestershire

famous brewery

Brewed “Piddle in the Hole” beer

On Piddle Brook

February 3, 2020
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Obscure words explained 78. – gree

GREE

A step or rank earned

Prize given for victory.

from Latin gradus

February 2, 2020
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Obscure words explained 77. – fictile

FICTILE

Of or relating

to pottery, baked thrown clay

painted and then glazed.

February 1, 2020
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Unusual U.K. place names 53. – Moreton in Marsh

MORETON in MARSH, Gloucestershire

Farmstead on the moor

Romans, Saxons came after

Iron-age settlers

January 31, 2020
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Obscure words explained 76. – sagacious

SAGACIOUS

Acute mental strength

Keen practical sense, shrewdness

Wise beyond belief

January 30, 2020
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Unusual U.K. place names 53. – Kirkcudbright

KIRKCUDBRIGHT, kirlcudbrightshire

Pronounced kirk Coo Bree

Meaning chapel of Cuthbert

He is buried here

January 29, 2020
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A Few Words

HORT CONVERSATIONS

Short conversations

I tend to speak in haiku

Funny isn’t it?