Debbie’s theme for One Word Sunday this week is ‘ugly’.
A random thing happened the other day. I came across a few old fridge magnets, and just stuck them onto the fridge, quite randomly as you do, to try them out. Look what happened:
I removed the extra letters to highlight the one random word (I also removed the colour to make it look more):
Stranger things have happened!
Incidentally, I’m looking into old words which are no longer in use at the moment. Did you know that ugly used to be uglike? Over time, it became uggely, and then ugly. Did it become uglier? I can’t quite decide!
Visit Debbie’s site on the link above for more takes on this week’s theme.
Such talent for ugliness!
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🙂 It just comes naturally, Ladysighs! 😊
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I won’t tell anyone. (talent for lying here)
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Planned or serendipitous is the question.
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Quite possibly (and more than likely!) a bit of both, Frank! 😄
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You can have a lot of fun with fridge magnet letters… I do!
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I’ve only used three of the letters from this set in the past, Chris. I wonder if you know which three? 🤔
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T E A ??
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Hehehe! Tea (T) is one of them! 😀
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Only another 23 to choose the remaining two from then… U P ??
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Nope. Besides the U was in ‘ugly’. It’s so obvious, you’ll kick yourself! 😀
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Okay, T O M 😀
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Told you it was obvious! For some reason, I stuck my name on the fridge years ago… I must’ve thought I was about to forget it or something!!! 😀
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I have magnets with words that are fun to make thoughts for the day with…Same idea. As for ugly, I prefer the short version. Too bad it has to be at all. Happy word play….VK
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Without it we wouldn’t have the opposite, VK, so it’s a balance word. And a modern thinker in preferring the short version! 🙂
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I don’t know if it got uglier, but it got easier to use in Scrabble! 🙂
janet
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Always a positive when words change, Janet!
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Great idea, Tom. I love looking at the origin of words too – often gives a peak at social history
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Thanks, Debbie. And I agree… there’s more than just the word.
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Clever idea Tom! 🙂 ❤
My fridge magnets adorn my central heating boiler! 🙂 ❤
Blessed Be! 🙂 ❤
Prenin.
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They like hanging somewhere, don’t they?
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No, it’s not a pretty word at all, Tom. I quite like ‘uglike’. 😀
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Uglike should make a comeback, Sylvia. It has the same number of syllables as ugly, so doesn’t use any more energy! 😆
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