Incidentally, one Old English word for gravel wasċeosol[ˈtʃeo.sol], which comes from Proto-West-Germanic*kesul(small stone, pebble). This becamechiselandchessil(gravel or pebbles) in modern English, and is cognate withKiesel(pebble) in German,kiezel(pebble, flint, silicon) in Dutch...
This is one party to which I’ve come fashionably late. But maybe “fashionably” isn’t the best word. Not to complain or anything, but the music is loud, the room is crowded, and I might require a taxi to hasten me home. Still, having taken the time to dress up and show up f...