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A Place for the Odd Musings of an Expat Bristolian


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Obscure words explained 87. – perigree

PERIGREE

Point in the orbit

of a heavenly body

which is nearest earth


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Obscure words explained 86. – jabberwocky

JABBERWOCKY

Some writing or speech

containing meaningless words

Trump is it’s master


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A bit of Americal – Unusual place names in Ohio1. – Knockemstiff

Change of gears. Who remembers Alistair Cook’s “Letter from America” well here’ s Bristolians version in A bit of Americal. I have started with a previous theme of unusual place names. We have plenty of these in the USA.

KNOCKEMSTIFF,  Ross county, Ohio

Slang term for Moonshine

illegal liquor from maize

distilled in secret


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Obscure words explained 85. – assiduity

ASSIDUITY

Workers in the hive

apply a constant effort

when making honey


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Krek waiters peak bristle

Another departure:  Some (many) years ago  a book was written, I’ll find the author’ s name one of these days. which spoke about the way people from Bristol speak.

One of the curiosities of the Bristol dialect is the propensity of Bristolians to add an “l” to a final “a” in place of a glottal stop. This curious fact has led me to this post in light of the pandemic now about us;  Has anybody from Bristol  heard the word Coronavirus pronounced “coronalvirus?

Note: The title of this post is the aforementioned title of the book. It translates as, The correct way to speak  Bristol.


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Unusual U. K. place names 83. – Nailsea

NAILSEA, Somerset

Early coal mining

occupied by the Romans

Known for Nailsea glass

 


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Obscure words explained 84. – felicific

FELICIFIC

Something causing or

tending to cause hapiness

You’ve got to like this

 


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Unusual U.K. place names 86. – Cheddzoy

CHEDDZOY, Somerset

Old English name cedd

Both Romans and Saxons here

Chedd  meaning island


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Obscure words explained 78. – moue

MOUE

\A pouting grimace

whenever I hear Trump’s name

happens all the time


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Sword words – en garde!

SWORD WORDS

Broadsword Claymore Foil

Scimitar Sabre Cutlass

Epée Rapier

Note:  Just mucking about on my day off.