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Originally Posted by garinda
What you say, I agree with.
I think our vocabulary has become smaller.
Just seems odd.
A biblical word, or saying I could understand.
Pandæmonium was widely used, and everyone would know what was meant. Though I can't imagine everyone was familiar with Paradise Lost.
Mind you, everyone would similarly understand Bedlam, to have a similar meaning, but almost no one would ever have been to London.
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getting on a thread wander here ....... think the same applies to penmanship (joined up writing
) , know that mine is no-where near as good as my parents or grandparents , think in particular my Grandma's who left school at 12 to go 1/2 time in the mill , her writing was damn near copperplate, and I'm thinking most of their work was done on slate