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Emre's avatar

"Zarf" is the equivalent of envelope in Turkish. We put letters in a "zarf" and paste stamps on it.

Grant Snider's avatar

Interesting, thank you Emre!

Richbee's avatar

Scooch . Your words scooch me into a corner with laughter.

C.R Richings's avatar

I didn’t know three of these words existed! You learn something new everyday lol

Kevin Davis's avatar

Ash is dope.

Karen Gordon's avatar

Great post. However, the Scots pronounce "driech" /driːx/ , not dreick (like loch, which should be pronounced /lɔx/ not lock). The Google dictionary box for dreich has a native Scots pronunciation.

Grant Snider's avatar

Thank you, Karen - I just updated it with my best Midwest American attempt at the Scots pronunciation. Hope it's improved!

Karen Gordon's avatar

Excellent! 👏 I think my Scottish Mum would have approved! Greetings from a rather dreich St Albans, England.

Jenny Homan's avatar

I love 'skein', probably because it's one I know. It's also a knitting term, like - skeins of wool. These are all beautiful though.

Sheila's avatar

Great words and I love the visuals with them. I enjoyed the poem too 💚

Jason McBride's avatar

I love all of these! Your work always makes me want to make something!

Grant Snider's avatar

That's the best compliment, thanks Jason!

Kristen Malcolm's avatar

I loooove that you made reference to Ms Zarves! Those are some of my favorite kids' books, and my 14-year-old still reads them randomly when she's between books. That just made my day 😂

Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

Learning new words today!

Notes from the Dragon's Nest's avatar

Fun post, perfect for Leap Day! Thank you! Fun, also, reading through comments thread. Thank you for sharing that wonderful poem by Emily Dickenson!

Grant Snider's avatar

Thanks, happy Leap Day!

Molly A. Tanış's avatar

What a great treasure trove, great read and brilliant illustrations :) Love this post!

One monosyllable word that comes to my mind is weft, it’s not that unusual, but I still like it when I think it (of course I don’t really end up saying it very much on a daily basis, lol)

Amber Muhinyi's avatar

dreich! somehow reminds me of "strewth!"