Showing posts with label vale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vale. Show all posts

Thursday, July 10, 2014

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Vast mountains like the
Alps have these. When people
Leave, their fare-thee-wells
Echo VAYlee…ee…ee…ee

‘Vale’ means both a valley through which courses a stream and an expression of farewell. The latter is pronounced either VAY-lee or WALL-aye. While spelled the same, the two ‘vales’ appear to come from different roots.