grockle grockle grockle
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freckles_and_doubtIn the Department of Vocabulary Badly Needed By Capetonians: wwftd informs us that south-west Englanders refer to the hordes of summer tourists as grockles, which is a lovely word. Grockle, grockle, grockle. Rolls off the tongue. In Cornwall they're emmets, which is the Cornish word for ants and thus also pleasantly apt.
Alternatively, of course, you could argue that this falls into the Department of Vocabulary Capetonians Should Be Denied By The Geneva Convention, on the grounds that we're all quite snooty enough already about emmets and grockles.
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wolverine_nun accuses me of becoming very boring on my blog, what with the excessive amounts of Morrowind taking up my days. She is, of course, absolutely right, although in my defense there's a limit to the number of times one can blog about irritating cliff racers, and I should imagine you're all glad I don't. In expiation, here's the link I promised: the physics of an operatic soprano. (The voice, not the gravitational effects of the traditional body type. I said traditional, starmadeshadow, i.e. unlike yours).
In other, unlikely news, three weeks back at the gym is making me feel exuberantly healthy. I keep bending lissomely over to touch my toes in a sort of incredulous delight.
Alternatively, of course, you could argue that this falls into the Department of Vocabulary Capetonians Should Be Denied By The Geneva Convention, on the grounds that we're all quite snooty enough already about emmets and grockles.
wolverine_nun accuses me of becoming very boring on my blog, what with the excessive amounts of Morrowind taking up my days. She is, of course, absolutely right, although in my defense there's a limit to the number of times one can blog about irritating cliff racers, and I should imagine you're all glad I don't. In expiation, here's the link I promised: the physics of an operatic soprano. (The voice, not the gravitational effects of the traditional body type. I said traditional, starmadeshadow, i.e. unlike yours).In other, unlikely news, three weeks back at the gym is making me feel exuberantly healthy. I keep bending lissomely over to touch my toes in a sort of incredulous delight.
