tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652659672729617168.post7691487359540221512..comments2023-10-29T05:46:56.444-04:00Comments on Writing Roseanna: Word of the Week - FrankRoseanna Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02245767775900250399noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652659672729617168.post-76053106072848879542017-02-13T21:28:26.007-05:002017-02-13T21:28:26.007-05:00Thanks for answering my question Roseanna! There w...Thanks for answering my question Roseanna! There was more history behind it than I thought. Hope you don't mind ,but I do have another word request; Could you find out the history behind the use of the word dickens in such phrases as full of the dickens or he's such a little dickens ? Thanks again Roseanna! Lynne Feuersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17074608501047295336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652659672729617168.post-42875547846552961892017-02-13T17:05:04.600-05:002017-02-13T17:05:04.600-05:00Ah, thanks.
There is an alliteration in German, &q...Ah, thanks.<br />There is an alliteration in German, "frank und frei" (frank and free), basically meaning "frankly". I always thought those words were just chosen because they are close in their sound. Now I know that they are also very close in their meaning.<br /><br />Have a good week!Saschanoreply@blogger.com