Week 7 of the 100 Word Challenge
The prompt this week was words which have been removed from the Oxford dictionary. They all had a very old fashioned feel, and reminded me of a cross between Dickens and Louisa May Alcott books.
"Mrs Kittytwizzle!"
The shout came from deep within the growlery.
"Oh but the master is having a brabble with himself tonight" the cook remarked to the scullery maid as she prepared the syllabub for dinner. Nelly nodded sympathetically, glad she wasn't the one on the end of that stern voice.
"Mrs Kittytwizzle!"
The shout came again louder this time.
"Oh and now I have foozled the recipe" and dusting the flour from her hands, Mrs Kittytwizzle went off to the growlery to see what her master wanted, the purple ribbons in her mob cap bustling with her in her indignation.
A very nice vignette. I can see the scene so well in my head. Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteVery Upstairs Downstairs, love how you used the words...
ReplyDeletePS... Like the human calendar, brilliant..
Making the piece fit the words instead of the other way around. Nicely done!
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone, I enjoyed writing it and imagining the scene. The words seemed to fit the era.
ReplyDeleteFrankie P, I got it from www.humancalendar.com and there is a portable version :)
Great names; Mrs Kittytwizzle could have come straight out of Dickens.
ReplyDeleteThis was such a good idea to set the scene in an era when those words would have been current. Really enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteThis should be a TV programme! The characters are brilliant & the words of the prompt just fitted in naturally! You are a real talent!
ReplyDeleteWow, thank you. It wrote itself really, just how I thought the words would work. And I have read a lot of Louisa May Alcott which helped too.
ReplyDeleteExcellent, this is great. Well written and good placement of the words.
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