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Re: CHAT: Worse Greek 102 (was: Bad Latin 101)

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Tuesday, February 6, 2001, 6:20
Matt Pearson wrote:
>I don't get the "wood wose" reference. Could you explain it? (I know what
a
>twink is.) >
I didn't either, the first few times. _wood rose_, a shy and delicate flower. Not sure who penned "the native wood rose wild" but suspect maybe Keats, Shelley, Wordsworth?