Since I dared to use the word dingle and got a high brow response and could not help myself from responding in kind I can't help but convey this simple little tale of cartography:
On a lavishly illustrated map with keen lettering and colored terrain features that I made at 16 or so I had a forest called - The Murken Wood. My father being the ever careful, sensitive and calcualting man that he is burst out laughing and told me what that word (well if properly spelled I got you there dad, ha, I spelled it differently) the word Merkin meant...
Oh dear me, sort of ruined that map.
Oh yeah, don't do an internet search for that word without filters turned on.
I'll take your word for it on the internet search, also, I love the use of archaic words in setting descriptions, so, please continue with the blog posts on cartography terms, and I'll try and refrain from further berry picking. heh..
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