When W.H. Auden traveled to Iceland, he stumbled across the word 'foss,' which means 'waterfall.'
However, this word is most commonly used in association with the word 'bicycle' since for some reason, when the natives first encountered the bicycle, they could think of nothing to compare it to sufficiently except for a waterfall.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
8:57am
dear words, are we on speaking ground again?
dear language, i used you wrong (wronged you) again today
dear ghost, i love you for not being here, but present
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