tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post2166687315424939265..comments2024-03-28T09:28:46.253+00:00Comments on North Stoke: Thursday 9th Februarythelmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-45862588918534247392017-02-13T07:37:09.034+00:002017-02-13T07:37:09.034+00:00Teasels is of course a very descriptive word, teas...Teasels is of course a very descriptive word, teasing out the wool. I suspect a lot of 'english' words in America we would not use here today but they come from when English settlers moved to the New Country.thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-66141176385223814222017-02-13T03:56:02.826+00:002017-02-13T03:56:02.826+00:00I think that quite a few English [as opposed to Am...I think that quite a few English [as opposed to American] words and phrases have crept into my vocabulary over the years, probably because I've read many English authors. <br />Riding with Jim last week on back roads I noticed many clumps of teasels--hadn't seen many since our move to Kentucky.Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-25018978159864906582017-02-10T11:38:06.641+00:002017-02-10T11:38:06.641+00:00Think the English language, derived not only from ...Think the English language, derived not only from the Saxons, but also the Normans with their latin flavour, and then flowered into different sub languages. I can hardly understand a true Scottish person or even Welsh.thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-33408466181586163412017-02-10T11:35:32.511+00:002017-02-10T11:35:32.511+00:00And there are of course lots of liminal words arou...And there are of course lots of liminal words around Dorset that are specific but I can't remember them ;)thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-46956565749337502972017-02-09T21:31:34.692+00:002017-02-09T21:31:34.692+00:00Lovely evocative words. I am sure that the appear...Lovely evocative words. I am sure that the appearance and disappearance of waters must have fascinated folk in the Prehistoric periods. Perhaps they were considered to mark a propitious site for ritual? Control of liminal areas?<br /><br />The word winterbourne is one I know and always reminds me of Dorset, and its Winterbourne villages.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-28391413279493784892017-02-09T20:40:12.599+00:002017-02-09T20:40:12.599+00:00There are many new words for me in both your post ...There are many new words for me in both your post and comments. They all sound very poetic.Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-15404694278124512022017-02-09T15:18:03.261+00:002017-02-09T15:18:03.261+00:00Now I have learnt a new word, Turloughs, we also h...Now I have learnt a new word, Turloughs, we also have swallets on the Mendips, which are caused by water coming up and creating a shaft.thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-63076037032459664322017-02-09T15:16:28.555+00:002017-02-09T15:16:28.555+00:00Hi Tabor, I am sure a lot of what I write must be ...Hi Tabor, I am sure a lot of what I write must be pretty obscure to American/Canadian readers. Not sure what the word is, could be winterbourne though. Thistle heads or teasels were once used for wool. fulling thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-40180867223308483062017-02-09T15:03:21.403+00:002017-02-09T15:03:21.403+00:00Your disappearing streams sound a bit like the win...Your disappearing streams sound a bit like the winter lakes that come in and go in Ireland - known as Turloughs.A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-60419185378592898122017-02-09T13:16:48.664+00:002017-02-09T13:16:48.664+00:00I learned a new word! It has a lovely "flow&...I learned a new word! It has a lovely "flow" to it...the word. Those thistle heads would make a very nice dried bouquet.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.com