DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS

[Tripps]

I didn't think I'd ever need "epicaracy"again, but I find that the news that NCP (National Car Parks) is going bust has brought on a sudden attack.
No idea why - they have never done me any direct harm - just don't like them.

[Tizer]

Shouldn't it be spelt epicaricacy? That clever google AI says it's: Epicaricacy (pronounced
ep-ih-kar-IK-uh-see). I wonder if languages other than German and English have a word for it. I'll bet they have one in the US White House!

[Tripps]

You're right. I stand corrected. I wondered who would be the first to spot that. © Capt. Mainwairing.

No wonder it has fallen out of use - just too complicated.

[Stanley]

I had to look it up David..... I can see why the news about NCP triggered it off!

[Stanley]

I tripped over this this morning..... 'castoreum'. I looked it up......
Castoreum is a yellowish, musky, and vanilla-scented secretion from the castor sacs of beavers, located near the base of their tail. It is used as a natural flavouring, often labelled as "natural flavouring" in foods (ice cream, candy) and as a fragrance fixative in perfumes. While FDA-approved, its use in food is now rare.