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In this article, the author of The Horologicon chooses 10 of his favourite obscure words.
I for one intend to spend much of tomorrow snudging :0)

http://www.theguardian.com/books/book...


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Laurel | 1486 comments Mod
Brilliant! I love these, there's another book I'll have to get ahold of.


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Ellie (theelliemo) Oh my word! I have suffered from uhtceare twice this week alone! And as I live and work close to the River Severn and the Gloucester and Sharpness canal, I have spent a fair amount of time over the years gongoozling. I used to sit idly by the Pultney Weir in Bath when I was a student, I found it a great place to think.


message 4: by Hilary (new)

Hilary | 2082 comments I love these and I'm going to copy them and use them as often as I can - my difficulty is I've forgotten them already!!! But they are great.


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Ellie wrote: "Oh my word! I have suffered from uhtceare twice this week alone! And as I live and work close to the River Severn and the Gloucester and Sharpness canal, I have spent a fair amount of time over the..."

I thought of you when I read the definition of gongoozling!


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