my father-in-law had a memorable command of languages ... and not surprisingly we were the recipients of his knowledge, especially our native language ...
We pick up on words, as we move through life. I still miss the input of words and pronunciations of various members who passed through our lives.
We are fascinated to this day by those who had the knowledge of words and passed that directly and indirectly to us ... Our daughter whose studies continued into further education is now the one to discuss words with me, particularly words too, not used often, or the ones that become family code. The new words and the misheard words of those that children inadvertently say, or in our daughters case, a very memorable typo error which exuded roars of laughter much to her innocence at the time, with all involved. Willingly sharing her knowledge, knowing my fascination with words, besides all that is around us in daily life ... even in my most non lucid moments ... to keep me with the world.
She was only reminiscing on words she picked up from her time with us, over the recent holidays, About using the stimulation in her G.C.S.E. English Language exam ... especially a description I once used in my observations on the world. And that typo error ...
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