So is this going to be an FCF perennial topic, or a one post failure, you decide
. The English language is a beautiful thing, but so is the kaleidoscope of different languages from around the world. Something to enjoy and celebrate, and its not just English.
Two contenters for me in recent posts...
Notices what Have you Spotted
"Toodle-Pip" from Steve, but I know the phrase well and quite often use it for its glorious old-fashioned-ness,
...but the one I would select came from Jay-Bruce, simply because I had to look it up.
New roof after hailstorm C5X7
Jay-Bruce wrote: ↑23 Sep 2023, 14:19
Although, it must be said that I was maybe being somewhat
panglosstic about the merits of filling the roof...
Has its origins in a character in this, and further back into Greek. Hands up if you know what it means without looking it up
Candide1759
Voltaire
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Neil