tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post6105533136799827860..comments2024-03-27T18:20:38.176-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Word for the day: dreyMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-25276504412861679622013-02-25T18:22:52.187-06:002013-02-25T18:22:52.187-06:00Do priests nest in a vestry? Do priests nest in a vestry? Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-17968250307846999982013-02-25T05:13:21.438-06:002013-02-25T05:13:21.438-06:00I could have guessed at vespiary - given that I kn...I could have guessed at vespiary - given that I know italians named the Vespa scooter after wasps on account of the buzzing noise. The larger, 3-wheeled scooter for use hauling things around is the Ape (bee).<br /><br />Again, form and nide were new to me and the rest familiar. Perhaps some of that Springwatch info is starting to stick?francoise_hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12603008941750254162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-17655704551493705602013-02-25T04:18:53.260-06:002013-02-25T04:18:53.260-06:00Interesting. Perhaps this is a US/UK difference? I...Interesting. Perhaps this is a US/UK difference? I'm a 27 y/o hospital worker (so haven't studied nature or literature) but 'drey' is familiar to me as a woodland animal's nest - though I probably wouldn't have been able to specify a squirrel's nest.<br /><br />Of the other animals' nests you posted, I'd recognise and understand all except 'form' and 'nide', which I've never heard before. The others are all pretty common words to me (as far as talking about nests is common!).<br /><br />SeventhAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com