Friday, 1 February 2013

The End Of The Word Is Nigh

But interestingly only if the word is "anigh" which is so archaic as to be almost not a word anymore.  I suppose you could say the end of "nigh" is also "nigh" but that's cheating as far as I'm concerned since it's also the start and the middle and saying "The End of the Word and also the start and middle of the Word is Nigh, because the Word is in fact Nigh" doesn't quite have the same ring to it.

In case you're wondering, I saw a typo on a website, it should have been World of course, but it did set me thinking - off the top of my head I couldn't think of any words ending in nigh at all.  Even a bit of light Googling only turned up one, although it is used in Lord of the Rings apparently so technically it is still in use, even if I have no recollection of it at all.

Carry on.

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