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Re: VOCABULARY AID: Basic and Additional Vocabulary (topics 1 - 10)

From:Carsten Becker <naranoieati@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 30, 2004, 14:50
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 03:02:05 -0500, Geoff Horswood
<geoffhorswood@...> wrote:

>BTW, >1: Space) Where did you get the name "Charles' Wain" for the Great >Bear/Big Dipper/Plough constellation? I'm intrigued. >2: Geography) What's an "ock"? Is it even a noun? "to ock"? "an ock >landscape feature"???
1: I said that I have written this off from that book. It clearly said "Charles' Wain/Great Bear". 2: Ack, a typo! I knew there must be *at least* one typo in there. I guess that should have been "rock". Carsten

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