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Showing posts with label Rare words. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rare words. Show all posts

25.10.15

Zawn and other wild words...


Click HERE to read an article by Robert Macfarlane on lost words that describe nature
Click HERE to listen to a BBC Radio 4 interview of Robert Macfarlane

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19.11.12

What is a "murmuration"?

Here is a clue...
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27.7.11

Adiaphanous words...

Whilom beauty  
Whilom?
What is your favourite obscure word?!
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