tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post3418728890238217878..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Obsolete SchmobsoleteNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-27937745858111558752011-08-24T08:42:48.423+01:002011-08-24T08:42:48.423+01:00We were asking ourselves precisely the same yester...We were asking ourselves precisely the same yesterday. i only used the word charabanc about a month ago. A good word. Sounds a fun job though - spending all day loojing for obsolete words!Tricianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-87086794614711448842011-08-24T07:39:12.134+01:002011-08-24T07:39:12.134+01:00I was just on the goff-course the other week as it...I was just on the goff-course the other week as it happens, gave my niblick and baffing spoon their annual outing.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-60472735778453245622011-08-24T01:24:57.327+01:002011-08-24T01:24:57.327+01:00Whiff whaff?! Excellent, a friend of mine has rece...Whiff whaff?! Excellent, a friend of mine has recently purchased a table tennis table so I'll be giving that one an airing...KateNZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-63805893905374284652011-08-23T13:51:03.505+01:002011-08-23T13:51:03.505+01:00Bioscope, of course! Here's me falling for the...Bioscope, of course! Here's me falling for the latest novelty again...<br />And you're right Worm, aerodrome still has a useful meaning and is surely still in use, whatever Collins says.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-3139962829493120072011-08-23T13:01:06.778+01:002011-08-23T13:01:06.778+01:00Kinematograph? You must mean the 'bioscope'...Kinematograph? You must mean the 'bioscope', which is what we called it (fifty years ago on the Zambezi lowveld).Marynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-79181775642561867052011-08-23T10:48:18.269+01:002011-08-23T10:48:18.269+01:00well I'm in my early 30's and use aerodrom...well I'm in my early 30's and use aerodrome quite frequently - in fact as far as I'm aware many of the surrey airfields near you Nige (ie dunsfold, redhill, biggin hill etc) are all still referred to as aerodromes?? can't see how the word could be obsoletewormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802335627720182532noreply@blogger.com