This week Gyles and Susie share tea and crumpets as they tuck into some typically British words and phrases. From amazing etymologies to amusing anecdotes, join us as we explore the wonderful world of language.

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:

Brabble: to argue stubbornly with another person often over trivial matters

Lychnobite: a person who works at night and sleeps all day

Shirpings: the overgrown plants that grow at the side of a lake or river

Gyles' poem this week was by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester.

‘God bless our good and gracious king

Whose promise none relies on;

He never said a foolish thing,

Nor ever did a wise one.’

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