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AWARD

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Wild Word Friday! The word AWARD comes to us via a progression that goes backwards in time from the Middle English, awarden, to the Old Norman French, eswarder, to the Old French, esgarder. Esgarder springs from the Latin, ex-garder, which is the base word for many English words that refer to the concept of guarding…

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SEPTEMBER FREE BOOK!!!!

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I apologize to everyone for the delay in posting our September Free Book (this month 2 books!). Many of you know that my father passed away on September 16, and our family has been celebrating him and his wonderful 96 years of life this past week. It was a joyous and precious family time, with…

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RIGAMAROLE

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Wild Word Friday! In the Middle Ages, people played a game in which a long sheet of paper was inscribed with a number of short descriptions. A string was attached at each description and the paper was rolled up. A player would choose a string, unroll the paper, and read the description, which would likely…

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HUM

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Wild Word Friday! HUM is one of those glorious onomatopoeic words that is an imitation of the sound it describes. The earliest form of HUM that we know of – onomatopoeic words can have very obscure localized origins – comes from the Middle English hummen, which almost makes your mouth vibrate when you say it….

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