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Sunday 23 December 2018

Sunday Rest: yule.

Yule isn't the prettiest word. Well, if it was, it wouldn't rhyme with cruel, mule, and drool.

I'm afraid that the sticky-sweet and nauseating seasonal confection called a yule log only makes things worse.

File:Buche de Noel (Yule Log).jpg
photo by Mitantig

Still, the word does give a fair impression of what you feel like doing after you've been required to eat one, doesn't it.

Word Not To Use Today: yule. This word comes from the Old English winter pagan feast called geōla.


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