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Curated news New 7 Oct, 2024

Reading the signs — In All Our Footsteps

In this piece Abbi Flint (Newcastle University), Rebecca Lovell (University of Exeter) and Sonia Overall (Canterbury Christ Church University) reflect on the range of formal and informal signs seen along rights of way and what these might convey, in terms of both meaning and affect, to those who encounter them.

Source: Reading the signs — In All Our Footsteps

Submitted by: Andrew Stuck

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scroop

To squeak or creak, like new shoes or boots, as in “The scrooping of new ‘Sunday’ boots gave a great pleasure to the wearers while walking into church because it indicated a degree of prosperity.” from the Dictionary of Newfoundland English (University of Toronto Press, 1982).

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