https://bsky.app/profile/jackholt3rd.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackholt3rd.bsky.social/post/3mjunpqt3ls2w ‘Hippopotamuses’ is a word that was MADE for Welsh!! In Welsh, I am told, the plural of ‘hippopotamws’ is ‘hipopotamwsiaid’ in case you were wondering!!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Apr 2026 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:tk7blhfs5mgxigstmrlf5vse/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjunpqt3ls2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jackholt3rd.bsky.social/post/3m5q3a67oxc2s@oewordhord.bsky.social on an once-chirruping media platform, you had a lovely word — eorþ-grāp, f.n: earth’s grip, grasp of the earth. 🤔 Is it literal like a clod of earth? Or some force pulling to earth like Newton’s gravity? Is it a kenning— e.g. for worldliness, sticky mud, or the grave, etc.?16 Nov 2025 06:25 +0000at://did:plc:tk7blhfs5mgxigstmrlf5vse/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5q3a67oxc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jackholt3rd.bsky.social/post/3ludoxwyn5k2i@wayno.bsky.social Drawn into the bowl of a pipe or…a treatise on the magical properties of the elephant,…a state of mind where [one’s] own objectivity is severely shaken Journey Around My Pipe invites us to go beyond the illusion of the immediacy of things https://www.editions-hozhoni.com/boutique/essais-biographies/voyage-autour-de-ma-pipe/19 Jul 2025 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:tk7blhfs5mgxigstmrlf5vse/app.bsky.feed.post/3ludoxwyn5k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jackholt3rd.bsky.social/post/3lb2cxnkk422qI just got this book from Germany Peter Gut, Tierische Unter Strom. I mainly bought it because of the photo on the cover.16 Nov 2024 06:59 +0000at://did:plc:tk7blhfs5mgxigstmrlf5vse/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb2cxnkk422qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackholt3rd.bsky.social/post/3lb2brvoppc2q#CatArtDay #Caturday16 Nov 2024 06:38 +0000at://did:plc:tk7blhfs5mgxigstmrlf5vse/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb2brvoppc2q