Hey Cats! A word I learned today.
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I've mentioned I love Alastair Reynolds' use of rare and unusual words.
Today I read portcullis:
noun A grating of iron or wooden bars or slats, suspended in the gateway of a fortified place and lowered to block passage.
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That’s funny - is that an unusual word in the US? It’s quite common to use it in the uk (at least when discussing castles, which I guess we do more than you)
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That’s funny - is that an unusual word in the US? It’s quite common to use it in the uk (at least when discussing castles, which I guess we do more than you)
@doctor-phibes said in Hey Cats! A word I learned today.:
That’s funny - is that an unusual word in the US?
Well, unusual to me, at least.
It’s quite common to use it in the uk (at least when discussing castles, which I guess we do more than you)
Reynolds is Welsh, by the way.
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@doctor-phibes said in Hey Cats! A word I learned today.:
That’s funny - is that an unusual word in the US?
Well, unusual to me, at least.
It’s quite common to use it in the uk (at least when discussing castles, which I guess we do more than you)
Reynolds is Welsh, by the way.
@george-k said in Hey Cats! A word I learned today.:
Reynolds is Welsh, by the way.
Growing up in the north of England, no holiday to Wales would be complete without a visit to one of their castles, of which there are many...which might explain the vocabulary of an average English bloke
I was only joking
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I am shocked you aren’t familiar with the word, George.
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@george-k said in Hey Cats! A word I learned today.:
Reynolds is Welsh, by the way.
Growing up in the north of England, no holiday to Wales would be complete without a visit to one of their castles, of which there are many...which might explain the vocabulary of an average English bloke
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@doctor-phibes Hey, Phibes, which castle is that? And what is that round thing in the middle? Was that the oubliette?
@catseye3 said in Hey Cats! A word I learned today.:
@doctor-phibes Hey, Phibes, which castle is that? And what is that round thing in the middle? Was that the oubliette?
That's Caernarfon Castle. The round thing is where Prince Charles was made Prince of Wales - I think it's a modern construction. I remember visiting not long after that had happened, when I was very young.
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@george-k said in Hey Cats! A word I learned today.:
I've mentioned I love Alastair Reynolds' use of rare and unusual words.
Today I read portcullis:Today I read Panthalassa:
https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/panthalassa
Proper Noun: A universal sea or single ocean, such as would have surrounded Pangaea.
