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Enough Is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell | Gabe Henry

A book about attempts to simplify English spelling? Yes please! #TBRtemptation at #BookstoreOneSarasota

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KCofKaysville

A History of the English Language | Albert C. Baugh

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Kind of a hard book to read but somewhat interesting too. I have been much into the history of English for a while now and hope to read more. Skimmed some of the end part.

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Cuilin

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#WeirdWordWednesday @CBee

Lovely to think I can name a few Littens who embody this. ❤️🖤🩶🤎💜💙

AllDebooks That's wonderful 😍 1mo

TheBookHippie Beautiful word. 1mo

lil1inblue 😍😍😍 1mo

CBee Gorgeous word! 1mo

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Also genuine, true blue, the real deal, and so on. I feel like it could describe the fab new governors, the new NYC mayor, the folks who flipped the script all over the country. Well done 🩵 🌊 💙 #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

CBee @Megabooks @Daisey @TheBookHippie @Amiable @vivastory @Catlass007 @mandarchy @dabbe @IndoorDame @peanutnine @psalva @sace @slategreyskies @Lil1inblue @Deblovestoread @BookmarkTavern @Cuilin @Kerrbearlib @jen_the_scribe @CindyMyLifeIsLit 1mo

AnnCrystal
✊🏼🥳✊🏼💃💙🌊💙. 1mo

Amiable Ooh, I think this is a German word, right? I recognize it ! 1mo

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Kerrbearlib Cool word! 1mo

julesG @Amiable it is. For real, or as we say in German: "(in) echt!" 1mo

dabbe 💙🌊💙🌊💙🌊 1mo

BookmarkTavern I‘ve been so excited looking at all the blue! 🩵🩵🩵 1mo

CBee @Amiable I read someone described as an “echt mensch” recently. Which is a huge compliment 😁 1mo

CatLass007 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 Great word! I‘ve never heard the word before. I‘m so glad @Amiable and @julesG pointed out that its origins are German. And thank you @CBee for adding to our vocabularies every week! 1mo

CBee @CatLass007 you‘re very welcome ☺️ 4w

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In Calamity's Wake: A Novel | Natalee Caple

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Tovaglie Natalizie
Cuscini Natalizi
Tappeti Natalizi

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peanutnine

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#WeirdWordWednesday @CBee
I came across this word in a beautiful descriptive phrase in my reading and promptly went down a rabbit hole of Renaissance art

mcctrish It is a most beautiful word 2mo

CBee Beautiful!! 2mo

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dabbe

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwordwednesday @CBee
#allusions

lil1inblue Ok, now I'm curious. Growing up, I always heard the term back-handed compliment - does that derive from left-handed compliment? Is it meant to be the "PC" term for it? ? 2mo

Bookwomble That time when my daughter was about 6 years old and said to my mum after kissing her, "I love you grandma, but you are prickly!" Luckily mum thought it was hilarious and said she'd wax her top lip in future! ? 2mo

dabbe @lil1inblue You bring up an excellent point. I tried to research and the best I could find was the “left-handed compliment“ has been around a lot longer (due to that idea of “left“ meaning “evil“), but “backhanded“ also has negative origins in the fact that it originated as a “backslap“ instead of a direct one ... it still hurts! 💛💜🧡 2mo

dabbe @Bookwomble Your mum is FABUL💛OUS ... as is your daughter! 💛💜🧡 2mo

CSeydel @lil1inblue Same! I‘ve never heard “left handed compliment” before, although I know left-handedness has long been associated with things being wrong or bad (eg, “sinister”, “gauche”, etc.) I suppose it‘s like how my kids‘ generation grew up only hearing “criss cross applesauce” and never … well, you know. 2mo

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BookmarkTavern

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

IT IS SEPTEMBER! WHY IS IT STILL IN THE 90s?!? 🫠

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

wildwoodreads I fear it will stay in the nineties until late October here in Alabama 🥵 3mo

BookmarkTavern @wildwoodreads Oof! And you‘re dealing with the humidity too! 🫠 3mo

wildwoodreads @BookmarkTavern Yeah it‘s rough lol. And honestly it‘s been in the high seventies on Christmas Day more times than I can count. One year we played basketball and I wore a tank top. 😂 3mo

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dabbe PERFECT word for Phoenix, too. It's been in the low 100s but with humidity above 60%. I love when the weather channel writes: Actual temp: 102. Feels like 108. 😳Yeah. Thanks, weather gods! 😂🔥😂 3mo

CBee @wildwoodreads I‘m in Alabama too - hi! And 🥵😭 3mo

wildwoodreads @CBee Hi, neighbor! What part are you from? I‘m in Northeast AL. 3mo

TheBookHippie It was coool here then bam today it was 80 3mo

CBee @wildwoodreads about 20 miles south of Birmingham 👋🏻 3mo

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KCofKaysville

A History of the English Language | Albert C. Baugh

Starting a book on one of my favorite topics. It is the 5th edition of this notable history.

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I read about the Basque arborglyphs in #atreeaday and then, about the Pando aspen in Maggie, etc… (finished last night). Simply put: trees are amazing. #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday
Articles for anyone interested:
https://theconversation.com/arborglyphs-basque-immigrant-sheepherders-left-their...
https://thetreeographer.com/2017/11/22/pando-aspen/

TheBookHippie How cool. 5mo

Deblovestoread Love this! Aspens are my favorite, their leaves make the best music in the wind. 5mo

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Amiable This photo is gorgeous, too! 😍 5mo

SamAnne In the desert of SE Oregon, on Steens Mountain, one can find many carvings in the old aspen by Basque and other sheepherders from the early 1900s, maybe earlier. They are still there. Very cool, except for the disturbing carvings of female figures with antlers. Likely a little later by white dudes. 5mo

BookmarkTavern Oh wow! That‘s so cool! 5mo

lil1inblue @SamAnne How cool! That sounds absolutely breathtaking! 5mo

lil1inblue I love this! 😍 5mo

dabbe We just walked by some aspens on our walk with the pups. We're up north this week and are loving the weather and trees. L😍VE these new words. 🩵💙🩵 5mo

CBee @Deblovestoread we don‘t have them here - wrong kind of climate 😅 5mo

CBee @SamAnne hi!! So good to see you back on Litsy ♥️ Oof. So does it seem like someone came later and added the offensive carvings? That‘s awful. 5mo

CBee @dabbe sounds lovely! 5mo

dabbe @SamAnne 😱😳😤 5mo

SamAnne @CBee aw thank you. I‘ve missed the friendly lovely crew here. 5mo

CBee @SamAnne we‘ve missed you! Hope you‘ve been okay ♥️ 5mo

CatLass007 Some of the words you share with us, although absolutely marvelous, I wonder if I‘ll ever have the opportunity to use. Nevertheless keep sharing, and I will keep remembering and looking for those opportunities. 5mo

CBee @CatLass007 weird and not often used words is the goal ♥️ I‘ll keep sharing! 5mo

Sace Fascinating! 5mo

Daisey I‘ve come across some of these words in my reading, not only A Tree A Day, and always find the carvings a fascinating idea. Great words! 5mo

CBee @Daisey 😊😊 5mo

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