[blml] DeWael School and WBFLC

[Grattan Endicott]

Grattan Endicott
grandeval at vejez.fsnet .co.uk
[also gesta at tiscali.co.uk]
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herman De Wael" <hermandw at skynet.be>
To: "blml" <blml at rtflb.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: [blml] DeWael School and WBFLC


>>> PS: Am I wrong when I thought the word was blithering?
>> 
+=+ Actually it is originally either 'blethering' or 'blathering'.
'Blithering' is a corruption of these. So I guess it is no more 
than deviant corruption if you happen to type 'bluthering'.
   Forms I have not yet met are 'blothering' and 'blythering', 
nor, the possibly Cymraeg, 'blwddering'.
                               ~ Grattan ~   +=+