Words you fall in love with

i miss some of the old fashioned words and phrases
cross....i was very cross with him. polite way of saying angry
bad nerves ....meaning suffering high anxiety
 
Noah Webster wrote the American version of the dictionary and the English language.
He also changed the spelling of some words because he thought they were akward.
For instance, flavour. In the U.S. and his dictionary it is spelled flavor.
But what Noah forgot was the pronunciation. In English you pronounce the 'u ' Oor instead of Or.
Same with colour.
Another word is tonite instead of tonight.
 
A place name in Australia still runs through my mind like a mantra even though it has been 20+ years since I was there ..... Woolloomooloo is a suburb in the city of Sydney
 


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