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Dec 19, 2022
This week’s themeNo el This week’s words folkmoot qualm pastillage psalm pointillage 
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with Anu GargTalk the talk and walk the walk. No shoulda, coulda, woulda. Keep calm and munch almonds. Folks, you might think we’re giving you advice or guidance, but no. We’re just trying to avoid a specific sound. Which one? OK, to answer that we have to give in. The L sound. Why? Because No el. Joyeux Noel! This week we feature five words, none of which have that sound. folkmoot
PRONUNCIATION:
(FOK-moot)
MEANING:
noun: A general assembly of the people of a town, city, county, etc.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Old English folcmot, from folc (folk) + mot (moot). Earliest
documented use: 1513.
USAGE:
“In cases of dispute the folkmoot decides who is worthiest to succeed.” Patricia Wright; I Am England; Bodley Head; 1987. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
And the evil is done in hopes that evil surrenders / But the deeds of the
devil are burned too deep in the embers / And a world of hunger in
vengeance will always remember. -Phil Ochs, folksinger (19 Dec 1940-1976)
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