tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post7073341529223690053..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Another rave about the joys of words by Sandra HornKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-20476702963699063902016-07-21T18:29:29.678+01:002016-07-21T18:29:29.678+01:00Oops! Hangs head in shame. Carried away as usual.....Oops! Hangs head in shame. Carried away as usual...Sandra Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01761260568729338471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-25565086381251837782016-07-21T12:11:15.778+01:002016-07-21T12:11:15.778+01:00Sandra, I have to tell you - McGillicuddy's Re...Sandra, I have to tell you - McGillicuddy's Reeks is a mountain range in Ireland, Co. Kerry. Ireland is a fairly rich source of daft place names too.Dennis Hamleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08003209263201885118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-63661233141123629792016-07-21T11:03:34.611+01:002016-07-21T11:03:34.611+01:00If we're talking about endangered species, whi...If we're talking about endangered species, which we're probably not, I saw a Marsh Gibbon only yesterday.<br />Dennis Hamleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08003209263201885118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-43319581097089487992016-07-21T09:28:37.636+01:002016-07-21T09:28:37.636+01:00Pittenweem. Clent. Garstang. Kettle. Pleck. Beer. ...Pittenweem. Clent. Garstang. Kettle. Pleck. Beer. Mary Saint Ottery.<br /><br />There is a place in Scotland, in Fife, called The Hook of Devon.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-30163063411801610572016-07-21T08:40:51.312+01:002016-07-21T08:40:51.312+01:00Great! If it's Scottish placenames you're ...Great! If it's Scottish placenames you're after, Reb, that's a whole new box of delights - Auchtermuchty, Macgillycuddy's Reeks...it goes on from there!Sandra Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01761260568729338471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-35958433479756118702016-07-21T02:20:09.312+01:002016-07-21T02:20:09.312+01:00Absolutely delightful, Sandra. I'll be contact...Absolutely delightful, Sandra. I'll be contacting you shortly for one or two place or character names for Boss MacTavin #4. glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-82282860439037803522016-07-20T11:30:14.834+01:002016-07-20T11:30:14.834+01:00Something magical about place names, especially wh...Something magical about place names, especially where one can hear different language roots. By the way, there's a surreal comedian who took the name Boothby Grafoe from a road sign in Lincolnshire. Don't place names often sound like fictional characters?Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-80059396630078730932016-07-20T10:21:58.757+01:002016-07-20T10:21:58.757+01:00I always think Tincleton belongs with the Piddle n...I always think Tincleton belongs with the Piddle names, Bill!Sandra Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01761260568729338471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-82570814963116033642016-07-20T10:11:57.231+01:002016-07-20T10:11:57.231+01:00...and, of course, the lovely Dorset, where I live......and, of course, the lovely Dorset, where I lived decades ago, with Piddletrenthide, Piddlehinton and all the other villages along the river Piddle. Great, cheery post, Sandra.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-66435810053360274102016-07-20T09:43:03.689+01:002016-07-20T09:43:03.689+01:00How fab is this! Wiltshire (as you know, Sandra) i...How fab is this! Wiltshire (as you know, Sandra) is alive with wonderful place names - where else could you find Winterbourne Bottom?JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.com