Dec

29

Spookasem

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Am I allowed to pick a foreign language word? If yes, I’d like to submit spookasem (spook pronounced as per the English word for a ghost and asem pronounced ah-sim). This is an Afrikaans word which quite literally translates as “ghost breath,” to me, the most wonderful description for candyfloss [”cotton candy” in the US], which in fact is exactly what spookasem is: candyfloss in Afrikaans.

Virginia Irving

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