I do crossword puzzles, usually in the morning when I eat breakfast.
But two words really made me doubt my accuracy. Dido was going across and anile was going down in a different part of the puzzle.
I had never heard of either word, and figured I goofed somewhere. So I checked the answers.....they were correct.
A dido is a mischievous prank or trick. I thought maybe someone said to a wordsmith one day to get the L out of it, and it-changed the meaning of the word completely.
I don't live with an anile, which is a senile or doddering old woman. Somedays it feels like that, but I don't.
I typed dido on the computer and discovered that there is a female singer/songwriter in England named dido and she is pretty prolific with her music.
As a digression, there is also a famous female singer from Denmark named Tina Dickow.......and my father's family was from Germany. I always wondered if we were related, because Germany and Denmark are next to each other.
If we were, maybe I would play a dido on her and dress up as an anile.
I gotta get out of the house.
Oh wait!! I did!!. Went to Cypress House for a coffee and was told there was no charge because an anonymoust person paid for everyone's coffee today! I thought that was pretty cool. No dido from that person!
You are welcome for being enlightened.
Stay home. Stay distanced. Stay healthy.
Peace and Love
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| Nature's dido |
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| My mother loved these |
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| A little progress....but I can't fill in the bottom! |
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