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Letter: Eyes wide shut

Published 11 January 2006

From Alena Pance

I was delighted to discover that I am not the only one to knilb (Feedback, 19 November 2005). I now have a name for this instinctive reaction of suddenly opening my eyes in the middle of the night, as an interesting – or disturbing – thought creeps into my mind, only to close them quickly again and resume my sleep.

From Claude James

As an example of an emordnilap, I propose the verb “to wollaws”, as in “he wollawsed his curry”.

Vermand, France

Cambridge, UK

Issue no. 2534 published 14 January 2006

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