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OP I mentioned ballycumber and librocubicularist to my ninth graders a couple of weeks ago (thanks, tsuwm)--and they practiced saying them and asked me to give them some more. Those words caught them in a good place because many kids have either been librocubicularists at some point in their lives or have heard about them along the way--and ballycumber is a plain word that rhymes with cucumber and a good old concrete noun, though not in any dictionary I can put my hands on.
Now, can you think of some words having to do with reading, writing--school, even--that are fun and rare? I'd love to keep my kids smiling as we talk about this world of study into which they've been thrust.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Words for Writers/Readers Wordwind 09/24/04 10:39 PM Re: Words for Writers/Readers Buffalo Shrdlu 09/24/04 11:46 PM Re: Words for Writers/Readers themilum 09/25/04 03:38 AM Re: Words for Writers/Readers grapho 09/25/04 02:17 PM Re: Words for Writers/Readers tsuwm 09/25/04 09:54 PM Re: Words for Writers/Readers gonoldothrond 09/27/04 04:48 PM
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