Topical Words: Tiddlywinks
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Description: The belated recognition of the name of a Wiltshire hamlet leads to thoughts on beer houses and games.
The BBC regional television weather forecast map for the south-west of England last Friday marked the usual cities such as Bristol and Exeter, but also added Tiddleywink in Wiltshire, an obscure hamlet ignored by gazetteers and all maps except those of largest scale. The BBC was having fun over its inhabitants’ success in persuading the local council to put up road signs to mark this cluster of eight cottages, as up to now people driving past would miss it if they blinked. Those in favour of perpetuating the name did so not only out of local (very local) pride, but because of the name’s associations with word history.
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| Page title: | World Wide Words: Tiddlywinks |
| Keywords: | World Wide Words, Etymology, English language, Words, Topical Words, Tiddlywinks |
| Description: | The belated recognition of the name of a Wiltshire hamlet named 'Tiddlywinks' leads to thoughts on beer houses and games. |
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