Bairn.
Meaning "child". Now a dialectal word, but its ancestor "bearn" was common in Old English. It's related to "born".
The Bairn - from the same outfit as my last avatar. This is his wee sister.
Bairn.
Meaning "child". Now a dialectal word, but its ancestor "bearn" was common in Old English. It's related to "born".
She looks like an old woman... It's weird how that comics strip makes children look like older people...
Can you remember how many people had bandy legs when we were young? Now you hardly see anyone with them.It's pre-war. Nutrition for kids wasn't so good then.
Indeed. The "sister" one is even stranger.She looks like an old woman... It's weird how that comics strip makes children look like older people...
I do remember seeing old people with that affliction. Even more common were jokes about bandy-leggedness. e.g. "He'd be no use as a goalie." "He couldn't stop a pig running down a narrow alley."Can you remember how many people had bandy legs when we were young? Now you hardly see anyone with them.
I've seen that before with at least one other superlative -- I think in Apuleius. I'll try to find the spot.I like how, according to L+S, "postremus", a superlative, has instances of "postremior" and "postremissimus".