Jul 23, 2023
Lost Word Of The Day (54)
Musings on engastrimyths and #ventriloquism #lostwords #obscurewords #logophilia
One of the most astonishing careers was that of Peter Brough who managed to build a career on the radio culminating in the early 1950s hit show, Educating Archie. He was an Engastrimyth, the favoured word for those who prefer to derive from Greek rather than Latin for a ventriloquist. Quite why he was so successful in a medium which relied on sound only is a mystery, but fair play to…
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