Hi everyone and I forget who included this interesting word "mathom: in their message re gathering gift stuff for secret pal or other purposes - but this is a new one for me, and must be an old word! I can't find it in any dictionary of mine then I googled for it, and found it is used (invented?) by none other than The linguist professor himself, JRR Tolkien "A mathom, as we learn in Lord of the Rings (on or about pg. 65), is an item which is not necessarily useful but which you don't want to throw away."
-- bye for now Bev, intrigued, in Sooke, BC (where there is sunshine on the west coast of Canada) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
