Sunday, May 13, 2007

The Silence of the Ignoramus

Sorry to have fallen behind on the blogging, but I am sick. It is hard to think interesting thoughts when I am sick.

Today's Lost Beauty:

Clyte: "This useful word is employed in Scotland to express the confusion of an orator who, for want of a word or an idea, suddenly stops in his speech; and sits down. 'I could na find words to finish my speech,' said a Glasgow Bailie, so I clyted.'"

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