Exceptional Happy birthday to the telegraph A Potpourri of Poetic Curiosities : The secret message by CD Richards

This message I relay to you is most heartfelt, of course. It's private, so it's in disguise, the code of choice is Morse: ..       .-..   ---   ...-   .       -.--   ---   ..- Decipher it, and you will note there's no need to be frumpy; and if you don't believe me, then you'd best learn iddy-umpty!   Recognized Author Notes Today's word: iddy-umpty (n.) Morse code. Dear Hallmark: I'm open to offers. Image: U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue. My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book. Thanks for reading.

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