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Linguistics has a term for the accidental omission of a letter or word when it should occur twice in close proximity: “haplography”. It is a combination of the Greek haplo, “single”, and graphy, “writing”: you might write “mispell” for “misspell”, for example, or ask “Is there anyone I can talk to resolve this issue?” instead of “Is there anyone I can talk to to resolve this issue?”. You might even employ a “bookeeper” for your accounts. The lightweight and portable design also better lends itself to little hands who want a bubble machine that goes where they do versus other bubble machines that are larger and have open reservoirs that spill easily. When it comes to durability, we (accidentally) dropped the bubble maker directly on the grass and pavers without any damage, much to my surprise.

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If you are looking for the best bubble machine for a party, you’ve got to go with the Zerhunt Automatic Bubble Blower. It runs on batteries (not included) or you can plug it in using the included power cable, making it perfect for all-day birthday parties or an afternoon playdate. It also has a very large 12.5-ounce reservoir for bubble solution, which is above-average capacity for most tabletop bubble machines, also making it an ideal choice for a party or school event. There's also a sturdy handle around the middle that makes this lightweight bubble blower very portable. Our kids have been through so much recently,” Dent says of the book. “Their normality has been taken away. And I just thought, ‘Let’s celebrate the beautiful’.” Not just obviously appealing words such as “butterfly” and “lovewende” (meaning beloved) – but those that delight in everyday annoyances, such as “thunderplump: the sudden downpour of fat, heavy raindrops that leaves us drenched and dripping in minutes”. She was excited to find research, by the psychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett, that showed having the vocabulary to articulate happy feelings can make us better able to manage our emotions. And if we are feeling down, knowing that there is a fun word for that – the “mubble fubbles” – may at least make us feel less alone. Dent is drawn to words that delight in everyday annoyances, such as ‘thunderplump: the sudden downpour of fat, heavy raindrops Even the most apparently boring of texts drew me in. I would pore over aeroplane safety instructions, puzzling over the difference between “flammable” and “inflammable”, or a possible link between “demonstrate” and “monster” (there isn’t one, as it happens, but these were the sorts of curiosities that my mind adored).Like many linguists, Dent is positive about linguistic change, and feels that children are its flagbearers. She’s excited that non-native speakers of English around the world now hugely outnumber native speakers, and about the “new Englishes” in their hands and mouths. She’s not afraid of AI, and doesn’t think new technology is going to destroy the way we speak our language – though that fear is nothing new. Victorians were afraid of the postcard, she points out. Their telegram was our “text speak is ruining our children”. On the other hand, she’s not keen on the methods that schools have recently been made to use to teach grammar. “If you say to kids, ‘Do you know about ablaut reduplication?’, their eyes would just completely glaze over. But if you say to them, ‘Would you like to play a game of pong ping, or have a kat kit?’, they understand that instinctively and it becomes quite exciting.” She has two children and – far from correcting their errors – has always loved it when they get words wrong. “English has always evolved by mistake,” she says. “The example I give is the jerusalem artichoke, which has nothing to do with Jerusalem and is not even an artichoke. The plant is a heliotrope – it turns towards the sun – but because we couldn’t pronounce the Italian ‘ gira sol’, we thought ‘Jerusalem’ would do.” The Zerhunt Bubble Machine blows a beautiful, steady stream of bubbles, runs on batteries or electricity, and has a large reservoir for hours of fun. The charming expert in etymology, which is the study of the origin of words, has collected countless linguistic gems over the years, from historic texts and old dictionaries to unusual words overheard on public transport or in restrooms.

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What’s the collective noun for a group of politicians? How do you spell the “zhushing/zhuzhing/zhooshing” up of your hair? And how exactly should you pronounce “scone”? These include huffle-buffs, which Susie describes as “Old, comfy clothes that you shrug on at the end of the week that are incredibly cosy and you will keep on all weekend” and tartle, “to hesitate when you’re introducing someone because you can’t remember their name – a word for an experience that we’ve all had.” Susie had her own anxiety last week when a rough draft of her new Word Perfect book made it to the shops, spelling errors and all. Sometimes also whips and jangles, this term first popped up in the mid-1940s meaning nervousness and depression. By the ‘50s, it would also mean “withdrawal from alcohol or narcotics,” according to Green’s. 11. Wiffle-Woffles Enjoy the convenience of having The Sunday Post delivered as a digital ePaper straight to your smartphone, tablet or computer.The Fubbles Fun-Finiti Bubble Machine is the best bubble machine for kids that you can buy right now. After testing nearly a dozen popular bubble machines with two kids, ages 4 and 9, the Fun-Finiti is the one they consistently requested to play with time and time again. The machine has three twirling jets on top that send hundreds of bubbles into the air per minute, creating a truly magical experience that kids of any age will enjoy. English has two spellings of “jail”, both of which come from French. “Gaol” was a borrowing from northern or Norman French, while “jail” is from central or Parisian French. This type of double borrowing is not uncommon – “warranty” and “guarantee” both come from French, but entered English via different routes and at different times, as did “guardian” and “warden”, “pâté” and “paste”, “fete” and “feast”, and “chattel” and “cattle” (cattle were once so central to livelihoods that they became a token of all property, hence “goods and chattels”).

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Encourage your toddler to imitate the grown-ups mowing the lawn with this pretend lawn mower that sends bubbles out the top. The toy makes a revving sound to further foster imagination (read why pretend play is so important), encourage outdoor time and help with gross motor coordination and exercise. Apparently, Dent has always been this way about words. She was the sort of child who can’t sit at a table without reading the label on the ketchup bottle; then studying German and French at A-level really got her “in the groove”. She did modern languages at Oxford University and then German at Princeton – and if you think she’s blissed out by English etymology, you should see her face when she talks about German. “When I listen to it and speak it, I honestly feel like I’m coming home,” she says, lighting up. She thinks it might have been Goethe who compared English to a country garden, French to an ornamental park and German to a deep, dark forest. “And that’s how it feels to me. It’s thorny and it’s dense and it’s quite dark sometimes, but I just find such joy within it.”

Susie has also dedicated a whole section to Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting, of which she’s a huge fan. For more than 100 years our Lab scientists and seasoned experts have been reviewing consumer products and revealing what's worth your money when it comes to new tech, beauty products and more. We're the team that brings you the 411 on everything for your kids, including the year's best toys and the best STEM sets for kids according to engineers. It doesn’t come with a bubble solution but any store-bought solution will work just fine. It claims to blow over 4,800 bubbles a minute. While we can't vouch for the exact number, this bad boy has two speed settings and pumps out a large number of bubbles at a steady pace. Needless to say, the Zerhunt machine had no problem keeping my patio looking like an iridescent wonderland for my kids to waltz around in. And so it goes on: our ancestors had the chance to be “pecunious” (rich), “toward” (obliging and hopeful), “ruth” (full of compassion), and “wieldy” (handy with a weapon).