Lover and respecter of the natural world.
Enemy of injustice.
Goddess.
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Lover and respecter of the natural world.
Enemy of injustice.
Goddess.
Lover and respecter of the natural world.
Enemy of injustice.
Goddess.
We know auditorium relates to hearing, but what about audit?
The examination of accounts was once an oral procedure.
Given to an audience.
‘All literature, all philosophical treatises, all the voices of antiquity are full of examples for imitation, which would all lie unseen in darkness without the light of literature.’ – Cicero
Hear ear.
Ludicrously lacy webs.
I think the one on the right had a creator on acid.
Is there a more gut-sinking feeling than selecting a passage of text and instead of Command C, pressing Control X? 😩😩😩
My bedroom window was installed circa 2008.
The house was built circa 1884.
There are many things I dislike about my scruffy hovel, but the wonky window is not one of them.
The house was built circa 1884.
There are many things I dislike about my scruffy hovel, but the wonky window is not one of them.
If the British Isles hadn’t been invaded multiple times, we wouldn’t be conversing in this language.
This sentence comprises words brought to the UK by Romans, Anglo Saxons, and Normans.
Not keen on the continuing echo of Norman rule, but I like its linguistic influence.
This sentence comprises words brought to the UK by Romans, Anglo Saxons, and Normans.
Not keen on the continuing echo of Norman rule, but I like its linguistic influence.
Willow harvesting. A third down. Great for getting the heart going. Sawing, not eating, though doesn’t aspirin come from willow? 🤔
AUGER (not augur).
From a rebracketing of Middle English a nauger (an + auger), from #OldEnglish nafogār (nave drill/spear), from Proto-West Germanic nabugaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic nabōgaizaz.
Cognate with Dutch avegaar.
#Etymology
From a rebracketing of Middle English a nauger (an + auger), from #OldEnglish nafogār (nave drill/spear), from Proto-West Germanic nabugaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic nabōgaizaz.
Cognate with Dutch avegaar.
#Etymology
If these are accurate depictions, I’m here to tell you they walk among us. Mostly in pubs.