A woman in Eureka, California, is curious about the term bailiwick. It comes from a Middle English word for bailiff, and wik, a Middle English word that means dwelling and is related to several English place names, such as Gatwick and Norwich. This...
A listener in Norwich, Connecticut, is going through a trove of love letters her parents sent each other during World War II. In one of them, her father repeatedly used the word hideous in an ironic way to mean “wonderful.” Is that part...
hoofball n.— «Please let’s stop Norwich losing it’s long and proud tradition “playing the passing game” to the hoofball that seems to be the favoured tactic of the current incumbent/incompetent.» —“Worthington...
