QUAMBA, Kanabec County Minnesota
formerly Mud Creek
changed to an Ojibway word
Quamba means mud hole
QUAMBA, Kanabec County Minnesota
formerly Mud Creek
changed to an Ojibway word
Quamba means mud hole
CELERYVILLE, Huron County, Ohio
Settled by Dutch folk
named for the celery farms
around the town site.
FORCE MAJEURE
Disruptive event
Happens unexpectedly
A legalese term
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
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