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which is a shame really. . . but there you go! and while we're there: ironmonger's - an interesting word if ever I saw one!
the weird thing about the word monger. . .(third-person singular simple present mongers,
present participle mongering, simple past and past participle mongered)
(transitive)
to sell or peddle something
.
a dealer in a specific commodity, normally used in combination
there's no inbetween; I mean, I've never heard of a joymonger or a happinessmonger, have you? I think I have found a flaw in the English language and might have to invent a new word to fill the gap! altho, having said that, it could just be proof of how undereducated I am and in fact such words do exist
but all this has made me think of one of my favourite books, which is about a quest to find the perfect love token. . .
The Merchant of Marvels and the Peddler of Dreams
by Frederic Clement
. . .some of the suggestions are the pea from The Princess and the Pea, a troop of elephants as small as specks of sand, and Mona Lisa's beauty spot. . .
here's another one:
and another:
I remember once being given a bunch of wild white roses, freshly cut: some of the flowers were in bud, some open and some slightly fading - they shed petals all over the ground. . .
they were quite beautiful
and all of this is distracting me from my DIY
oops!
8 comments:
Someday I would love to be referred to as a Joymonger.
I fear however that Hodge-Podgerist is going to stick.
"Joe, he was a young cordwangler,
Monging greebles he did go,
And he loved a bogler's daughter
By the name of Chiswick Flo."
(Rambling Syd Rumpo, Round the Horne)
Mongmonger?
Ohhhhhhh.......a made up word!!!!
<-- waiting happily
Can't tell ya how often I assure himself 'is TOO a word!!!!'.
He assures me if it ain't in the Oxford Dictionary--it ain't a word.
He has no respect for Webster, whatsoever.....for whatever reason and I don't particularly care the reason!
So pfffttttttttt on him!!!!
<-- now going to research the book thingy.
Though I must say I'm feeling proud for ya about all that got accomplished in the DYI department.
:-)
k....and I'll admit that when I read Gordie's comment, I read:
"And he loved a blogger's daughter
By the name of Chiswick Flo."
Is 'blogger' in the Oxford Dictionary by any chance?
Just.....askin'.....
nice sense of accomplishment!!!
[fillintheblank]monger.
oooh! I like *fillintheblank*monger!!
covers a whole host of new words - all of them, in fact
Mmm. That's a nice idea :)
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