• Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    3·
    3 months ago

    Yeah no, you’re fine, I’m an ESL speaker (although for 17 years) so they can’t be that special. But verve and eyrie (seen elsewhere in this thread, from Tolkien) those I actually had to search up. Haha my browsers spellcheck even puts squiggles under eyrie.

    • TimewornTraveler@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      weird! never seen the spelling “eyrie” but I’d probably be fine with understanding “aerie” from context. I looked it up too and apparently that’s the same word but ae is NA style

    • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      I had to look them up as well.

      verve vəːv

      noun

      1. vigour and spirit or enthusiasm.

      eyrie ˈɪəri

      noun

      1. a large nest of an eagle or other bird of prey, built high in a tree or on a cliff.
      2. a high or inaccessible place from which someone can observe what is below them.

      TIL.