-- Mark Twain, "Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion II", The Atlantic, November 1877
garrulous \GAIR-uh-lus; GAIR-yuh-\, adjective:
1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative.
2. Wordy.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
My house , inthe middle of here and nowhere!
He took a great liking to this Rev. Mr. Peters, and talked with him a great deal: told him yarns, gave him toothsome scraps of personal history, and wove a glittering streak of profanity through his garrulous fabric that was refreshing to a spirit weary of the dull neutralities of undecorated speech.
-- Mark Twain, "Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion II", The Atlantic, November 1877
-- Mark Twain, "Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion II", The Atlantic, November 1877
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