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Some randomness from Talia:



Interesting words from the Psion dictionary:
Lollapalooza.
Logorrhoea - presumably verbal diorrhoea.
Loyola, Luanda, Lymphoma.Lamella, Lamina, Latifundia.
Leukaemia.
Lhasa.
Liana - a jungle creeper, living in the canopy between the trees, never touching ground - or only vaguly associated with it.
Lufthansa - a beautiful name for an airline.
Lusaka, Lemma, Loa.
Mangel-wurzel.
Marmoreal, Maturational, Kinshasa.
Kasha, Neurasthenia, Oxymora.
Pachysandra, Pamplona, Panatela.
Papilla, Parenchyma, Paronomasia.
Pyorrhoea, Purina, Proscenia.
Propylaea, Prolegomena, Pretoria.
Praia, Ponderosam, Phylloxera.
Philodendra, Petrofina, Quokka.
Retsina, Sacraria, Salamanca, Samna, Sapodilla, Susquehanna...
Tuatara. Tularaemia. Trichina. Tirana. Tegucigalpa. Uraemia.
Yenta.
Zeugma.
And all these end in 'a'. (or l, or i, but just a few.)
Falafel... Folderol...
dashiki, kabuki, kaki, saluki, sukiyaki, teriyaki.
caravanserai. I'm sure I've seen this one before...
Anyway, that's quite enough.

((Anyone telling me what some of these mean would be welcomed :-) ))

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Purina is a brand-name.
As far as I know they make petfood.. a higher end, supposidly higher quality petfood, but I'm not certain if they make anything else.

Falafel - ymmy greek dish of grains, which is pan-fried til crisp. sometimes served on its own, sometimes in a pita.

sukiyaki, teriyaki - japanese food/condiments, teriyaki particularly is a type of sauce

kabuki - japanese theatre, traditionally (though it may have changed, but doubtful) only men allowed, so men dressed up in drag to play the women's roles.

dashiki - a type of shirt, not sure where the name originates form since it sounds orietal, but the style of shirt is linked with african.

Susquehanna - a river in Pennsylvania, towards the centre.