PERIGREE
Point in the orbit
of a heavenly body
which is nearest earth
PERIGREE
Point in the orbit
of a heavenly body
which is nearest earth
JABBERWOCKY
Some writing or speech
containing meaningless words
Trump is it’s master
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
ASSIDUITY
Workers in the hive
apply a constant effort
when making honey
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.
NAILSEA, Somerset
Early coal mining
occupied by the Romans
Known for Nailsea glass
FELICIFIC
Something causing or
tending to cause hapiness
You’ve got to like this
CHEDDZOY, Somerset
Old English name cedd
Both Romans and Saxons here
Chedd meaning island
MOUE
\A pouting grimace
whenever I hear Trump’s name
happens all the time
SWORD WORDS
Broadsword Claymore Foil
Scimitar Sabre Cutlass
Epée Rapier
Note: Just mucking about on my day off.
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