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wolfbladequeen
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on: June 16, 2013 03:03
To me, the word 'melon', although not actually used, is now a Tolkienish word.Also downs, as in Barrowdowns, and brandy, and wraith. But that's probably just me.
If anyone had happened to look out of a window on the east side of the palace, they might have noticed two figures in the darkness, dancing in a square bordered by living plants, out of time with the dancers inside but perfectly in time with each other.
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on: May 26, 2014 02:22
'Down' in all its senses seems to emanate from an ancient word for 'pile' or 'heap'. i.e. 'dun' Big hill-like ones like the great chalk ranges of Southern England, medium sized sandy ones 'dunes' and perhaps eventually a small pile of something soft to sleep on ... preferably feathers. A change of case made it 'adown' i.e. 'from the hill' and it became a direction or movement from high to low. That's my take on it anyway.
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