tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063010246424840403.post8697205900686305513..comments2023-10-03T08:36:22.795+01:00Comments on Words, words, words (and phrases): HalcyonScriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063010246424840403.post-35697081573740255242009-03-25T18:34:00.000+00:002009-03-25T18:34:00.000+00:00Hi, I landed here somehow from The One-Minute-Writ...Hi, I landed here somehow from The One-Minute-Writer... Funny, I don't think I ever came across the word halcyon until just a few days ago, and I was just wondering about it... Thanks for the explanation! (The word is used in Mary Norton's "Borrowers" books, which I'm reading for the first time in English; I read them in my childhood in Swedish translation!)DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13956409908791716009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063010246424840403.post-12510324124873315152009-03-21T05:15:00.000+00:002009-03-21T05:15:00.000+00:00Hello Don,I'm never really sure how you show prono...Hello Don,<BR/>I'm never really sure how you show pronounciation so I haven't tended to bother but if it helps this is 'Hal (as in the 2001 computer) see on'...Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063010246424840403.post-26777139048110821782009-03-20T14:25:00.000+00:002009-03-20T14:25:00.000+00:00But now I have to go to dictionary.com to learn ho...But now I have to go to dictionary.com to learn how to pronounce it!<BR/><BR/>Good word. (I've had those days.)<BR/><BR/>DonDonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17070578562535678950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063010246424840403.post-47073555948056928572009-03-20T02:21:00.000+00:002009-03-20T02:21:00.000+00:00If I heard that my husband was dead, I, too, would...If I heard that my husband was dead, I, too, would want to become a Kingfisher. That is very touching to me.<BR/>That word, and explanation, is going in my book!shabby girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03991126161405336712noreply@blogger.com