oxgang, sikkative

yes Walter - i was just writing it the English way for Oristar with his love of obscure words in English.

Your English is amazing by the way, utterly fluent.

Going back to the original question, OristarA wanted to know what language the words came from.
So I guess we've covered that now...sikkative is a hybrid from English, German and a Norwegian cousin, from Latin roots.

(thinks...I wonder where that spelling came from? neither fish, flesh nor good red herring*)

*Altmodische Englische Redensart.

"Weder Fisch noch Fleisch" (common popular German saying)

I painted the ceiling today, in the spare bedroom.
We are having guests next month, and having a new bed delivered tomorrow.

Have just come in from the pub, computer is defragged and working a bit better now...is this Groundhog Day, by the way?

I think I could do with defragging also. Good night.

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