Comments on: Turtlerama 2008 http://fridayplaydate.com/turtlerama-2008/ entirely true, but exaggerated for comic effect Tue, 22 May 2012 11:04:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Debs http://fridayplaydate.com/turtlerama-2008/#comment-17629 Debs Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:28:06 +0000 http://fridayplaydate.com/turtlerama-2008/#comment-17629 Ok, I'm from London, Uk, and I don't think we really use the word diorama over here. Anyway, these posts have prompted me to google the word, because I suddenly realised that it obviously didn't mean what I though it meant! I think I must have read it in a Judy Blume book when I was younger, and somehow got the impression that a diorama was a type of Viking boat! Now, however, I know it means "a three-dimensional model, usually enclosed in a glass showcase for a museum" (thanks to wikipedia! So there you go! Ok, I’m from London, Uk, and I don’t think we really use the word diorama over here. Anyway, these posts have prompted me to google the word, because I suddenly realised that it obviously didn’t mean what I though it meant!

I think I must have read it in a Judy Blume book when I was younger, and somehow got the impression that a diorama was a type of Viking boat!

Now, however, I know it means “a three-dimensional model, usually enclosed in a glass showcase for a museum” (thanks to wikipedia!

So there you go!

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