Saturday, February 26, 2011

LANGUAGE TRIVIA ... WORDS WITH DOUBLE LIVES

 

A number of place names throughout the word also have another existence.

Limerick – a humorous verse

Morocca – a soft leather

Pacific – useful

Scotia – a concave moulding

Surrey – a light carriage

Texas – the uppermost structure on a steamboat

Tripoli – a soft, friable rock

Ulster – a long loose overcoat

Wales – marks with welts

Yonkers – young gentlemen

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