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This week's theme: Archaic words

scrannel (SKRAN-l) adjective

1. Thin.
2. Unmelodious.

[Of unknown origin.]

"Though played with impressive skill and intense determination by Dorothy Stone, the often scrannel sounds irritated more than they fascinated."
Terry McQuilkin; Pacific Festival Opens at Cal State LA; Los Angeles Times; Jun 24, 1989.

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It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way. -Rollo May, psychologist (1909-1994)

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