To let scenery become your playground, grocerer, and bed womb is to know...

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rohanasm

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I have read this quote by Michael Billington and have a real problem understanding it. Can someone help, plse? Thanks.
“To let scenery become your playground, grocerer, and bed womb is to know true nourishment.”


 

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It makes no sense at all to me. Remember to use full words on the forum. "plse" is not a word. It's "please".
 

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... and 'grocerer' is not an English word.
 

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Did you read the original quote or someone else's version of it? It might originally have been "bedroom" and would mean that a beautiful environment nourishes the body and soul.

And Ems and Rover are right, it's please and grocer, not plse and grocerer.
 
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Someone quoted it on the internet, thus those spelling mistakes, I suppose. Nevertheless, with or without mistakes, does sound very weird to me.
 
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