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Post by Alvamiga on Dec 14, 2013 18:30:50 GMT
Thanks to my iPhone having a very strange dictionary, it often replaces the word I meant with one I've never heard of, which I then feel obliged to look up.
Today's is sparling n. 1. The common European smelt (Osperus eperlanus). 2. A young or immature herring.
Very useful..!
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Post by Mari on Dec 14, 2013 21:59:06 GMT
Lovely. A fish.
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Post by Mari on Dec 14, 2013 21:59:22 GMT
Interesting way of improving your vocab by the way.
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Post by tangent on Dec 14, 2013 22:29:27 GMT
What, I wonder, did your dictionary try to replace with sparling? Starling, sparking, spanking?
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Post by Alvamiga on Dec 14, 2013 23:30:00 GMT
Can't remember now. I usually notice them because they are words that are totally unrelated. The iPhone has its own rules about what a similar word is, even when what you type in is correct!
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Post by Alvamiga on Dec 18, 2013 18:13:12 GMT
A turlough, or turlach, is a unique type of disappearing lake found mostly in limestone areas of Ireland, west of the River Shannon. The name comes from the Irish "tuar", meaning dry, with the suffix "lach", meaning a place (in an abstract sense). The "lach" suffix is often mistakenly spelled and/or thought to refer to the word "loch", the Scottish Gaelic and Scots word for lake. They are found in Irish karst (exposed limestone) areas. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turlough_%28lake%29
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