@ai6yr @mattblaze @CliffsEsport @EugestShirley @faraiwe
I sympathise; I was trained to regard the word plane as describing a flat surface, or a tool for making such. But also, I tried reading Beowulf once and it was ruddy impossible. At some point I think we have to concede the fluidity of language. The annoying thing is that it is allllmost static in the human lifespan.

#etymology #poptyPing #linguistics #english

@taz Hinterland is a very good detective show set in Wales but hands down the best thing about it is that there is an episode in which the word "popty-ping" is said repeatedly!

#Hinterland #Welsh #Cymraeg #PoptyPing