Locked in?

~ One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory. Rita Mae Brown ~

Can you easily remember words, I have to write everything down or else it is quickly forgotten. I have a thing about notebooks, they are my way of locking in new words!

In or Out

French words

Door lock = serrure.

Padlock = cadenas

Cadenas in the middle ages and later, a casket, with lock and key, to contain the articles used at table by a great personage, such as knife, fork, spoon, salt-cellar, and spices. Early examples have commonly the form of a ship.
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