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Borborygmus.... (pronounced /bɔː.bəˈɹɪɡ.məs/; plural borborygmi)
.....isn't that brilliant?!
It's the official name for tummy rumbles!
.....isn't that brilliant?!
It's the official name for tummy rumbles!
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Jules
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Quite onomatopoeic (sp?)! -
It's known in the Horsey world!
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Aestival \ES-tuh-vuhl\ , adjective:
Of or belonging to the summer; as, aestival diseases
Anyone know what 'summer' means?Jules
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yes, it's a quantity of furry stuff on yer napper
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sum·mer 2 (smr)
n.
1. A heavy horizontal timber that serves as a supporting beam, especially for the floor above.
2. A lintel.
3. A large, heavy stone usually set on the top of a column or pilaster to support an arch or lintel.
[Middle English, beam, pack animal, from Anglo-Norman sumer, from Vulgar Latin *saumrius, from Late Latin sagmrius, pertaining to a packsaddle, packhorse, from sagma, packsaddle; see sumpter.]
see? not what you thought it meant
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In Yorkshire it means "something" - Summer'ts up ere. What is all this waxing lyrical tonight? You had too much of that coffee Jules?
Actually, I've just been corrected, "something" is "sommat" not "summer't" so I'm wrong again.
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Then again, I do sometimes feel I'm the epitomy of Taff's definition of summer, supporting everybody else. All this rain is dampening my mood.Granny on the Game in SheffieldComment
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Summert sounds more Somerset.
So, 'they' lied....it's nothing to do with bright sunshine and temperatures well into double figures? Hmmmm....thought not. Building our hopes up - sick bggers.Jules
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Yes, it means warmer rain !Anyone know what 'summer' means?
"Borborgymi" is the Russian word for the tummy gurgle - didn't know that there was a posh Latinised version of it, but I did know that Russian is supposedly the only language in the world that has a word for tummy gurgles... (you learn these things on the sorts of forums I go on!)
What I wonder is, what is the word for repetitive burping ?There's no point reading history if you don't use the lessons it teaches.
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It's aerophagia. That one I did know, borborygmus I came across by accident.Jules
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It's time for a new 'word of the day' and in honour of our fascinating and colourful language I would like to put forward the word...hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian...which appropriately means: pertaining to extremely long words.Tried and Tested...but the results are inconclusive
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So what's the word for "pertaining to extremely short words" ? 
There's no point reading history if you don't use the lessons it teaches.
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snappy.......Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?Comment
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^^^^ PMSL ^^^^
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