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Most Happy Pengannel

Thankyou for personal e-mail. I admire anyone who is naturally kind to strangers. Mind you, there are several here who are even stranger than your friend Pengannel.


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a girl called Ben

Oh there are definitely some strange kookies here. Some are nice strange, and some are - more irritating - shall we say. I am not always naturally kind to strangers. I have a deep antipathy to taxi drivers.

I won'd admit to being uncertain what Egregious means, though I will admit to not being sure how to pronounce it. Pengannel sounds deeply cornish, and so I think that there is probably no shame in asking you - what does it mean?

Thank you for dropping by.


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Post 3

Most Happy Pengannel

Hello Ben,

PENGANNEL is a place name not really a personal name; means "house on the (estuary of) R.Gannel" where I live with my sweet wife Sarah, brilliant terrier dog Jack, numerous contented-looking tropical fish and presently with ancient Mother (walks with a bit of difficulty, intellect still bright and sharp) and grown-up daughter Helen, don't ask me how old she is, seems to have a birthday whenever she gets a bit short of money. Must be at least 500 years old.
EGREGIOUS chosen just because of its uncertain meaning. An unusual and twisty-slippery sort of word, sometimes used to suggest out-of-the-ordinary and apart from the common herd, even a bit superior; sometimes means notorious, louche, nasty - in fact pretty basic Earth-human in its different aspects. On reflection I begin to wish I'd picked some other name instead: "The Adorable.." "The Desirable.."

Nice to talk with you. Pengannel (The Huer.)


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Post 4

a girl called Ben

Egregious sounds like my sort of word, in that case!


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