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Feb 29Liked by Grant Snider

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

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Interesting, thank you Emre!

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

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

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Ash is dope.

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Feb 29Liked by Grant Snider

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.

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

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Feb 29Liked by Grant Snider

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

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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.

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Thanks Jenny!

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

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

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That's the best compliment, thanks Jason!

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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 😂

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Learning new words today!

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

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Thanks, happy Leap Day!

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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)

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dreich! somehow reminds me of "strewth!"

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