tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post8038149847832757712..comments2024-03-28T00:23:01.632-04:00Comments on Lem's Levity: G wordsTrooper Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-23699642286099174592016-01-22T14:09:11.148-05:002016-01-22T14:09:11.148-05:00Mumpsimus! Well spotted. Changed, thank you. (The...Mumpsimus! Well spotted. Changed, thank you. (There are two cards for that)Chip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-57619366646437260142016-01-22T11:14:59.161-05:002016-01-22T11:14:59.161-05:00Should read "gimlet eyed," not "gim...Should read "gimlet eyed," not "gimley-eyed." (A gimlet is a small hand-auger.)<br /><br />"Gimley-eyed" means having low, bushy eyebrows, like a dwarf.Mumpsimushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03105924003974189699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-4198886958805311382016-01-22T10:58:10.155-05:002016-01-22T10:58:10.155-05:00When Monet got bored with the Ile De France he wen...When Monet got bored with the Ile De France he went on a painting trip to that part of France which is called Le Massif or Le Massif Central, basically high and dry country, it's inland from Provence, and he executed some great paintings of garrigue type vegetation.<br /><br />There's a restaurant about a mile from where I live called Glenwood Pines. Decent food but the real draw is the view of Lake Cayuga. ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-16212703504020763892016-01-22T09:10:29.348-05:002016-01-22T09:10:29.348-05:00We've all known each other for a long time, so...We've all known each other for a long time, so it's appropriate that I inform of a wonderful G-word<br /><br />Glenn - my first name.<br /><br />My dad's was Glenwood, a name I love, and I never knew anyone else with that name.<br /><br />Scotish derived from Gaelic "gleann" meaning "valley", and thus "wood of the valley".<br /><br />Gbagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-83440318314392900002016-01-22T06:40:58.866-05:002016-01-22T06:40:58.866-05:00Maybe a third.
More of those words in common use ...Maybe a third.<br /><br />More of those words in common use about 50 years ago.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-18014719588738975532016-01-22T04:28:38.175-05:002016-01-22T04:28:38.175-05:00gee:
good gollygee:<br /><br />good gollyrcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.com