re: lacuna - encountered, yes... identifying it as having a designated word, no
swizzle
re: lacuna - encountered, yes... identifying it as having a designated word, no
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re "lacuna". One of the meanings is the same: "an unfilled space or interval; a gap.
'the journal has filled a lacuna in Middle Eastern studies'.
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"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
I often enough, in Portuguese!It is common usage here, but I never heard of it in English.Originally Posted by PeterL
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
(I am shocked. It isn't common these days, but in the past it was. I loved how Swift avoided writing somethings by noting "lacuna in manuscript.)
Interesting find anyway, Peter. Probably the word was inheritet from Latin. An expression we use very often, for example: "uma lacuna no conhecimento"( a gap of knowledge).
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"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
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"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
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"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
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