Can you spell ENCYCLOPEDIA?
Boopie (Aunt Esther) My Aunt Esther,affectionately known as Boopie , lived with us when I was very young. She was an older teen and more like the cool sister I wish I had rather than an aunt. She taught me at a very young age to spell two big words: Encyclopedia and Czechoslovakia. Why you may ask? So that I could show off my brilliant mind of course! Especially since my mod dance moves weren't impressing 1960’s teens. H owever, this word trick fed my interest World Book Encyclopedia in vocabulary and once my parents purchased the necessity that every home had to have in the late 60’s and 70’s, the encyclopedia, then my thirst for word knowledge exploded. The first two thick books of our set were devoted to vocabulary and I use to read the words and their meanings for fun. It had a mock vocabulary test in the front and I use to take those tests—voluntarily. Those words now escape me. H owever, recently while a...