Vespa
Something Rhymes with Purple
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A Wasp With a Sting Gives Us Waspish
Vesper is a word that meant to weave, because wasps chew up wood into this kind of papery substance. And for some reason, vesper takes me to the french word for wasp, which is gep g u. I think it's all about us adapting foreign sounds to our english tongue. A wasp with a sting gives us waspish. Has been around as an expression for a long time to describe some one as a bit waspish? Yes, it has. But i tell you what i would love more than a beetle car. My dad also had a beetle carr that was bright green. He always chose cars that were really lovely,
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