Why would some Spanish speakers use adaptations of certain English words when perfectly good Spanish words for the same thing already exist? Plus, handy terms in a dictionary of the Sussex dialect from 150 years ago: Back then, a dezzick was “a...
Spredge is a portmanteau word, a blend of sprayed and edge, and refers to decorative spraying of the edges of book pages, a trend in book design. These are historically similar to fore-edge paintings. This is part of a complete episode.