LL-L: "Language varieties" LOWLANDS-L, 18.MAR.2000 (03) [E]

[Sandy Fleming]

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From: Colin Wilson [lcwilson at iee.org]
Subject: "Language varieties"

At 23:14 17/03/00 -0000, Sandy Fleming wrote:
>Don we now our gay apparel,
>(falalalalalalalalala)

...which takes us neatly full circle back to Polari.

(Sorry, couldn't resist it).

Colin Wilson.

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                               the graip wis tint, the besom wis duin
Colin Wilson                   the barra wadna row its lane
writin fae Glesca              an sicna soss it nivver wis seen
                               lik the muckin o Geordie's byre
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From: Bryan E. Schulz [bryans at northnet.net]
Subject: "Language varieties"

At 11:14 PM 3/17/2000 -0000, you wrote:

>
>From: Sandy Fleming [sandy at fleimin.demon.co.uk]
>Subject:  "Language varieties"
>
>Indeed, Colin, it was news to me too! It was only the line from the English
>version of the Welsh carol "Deck the Halls" that clued me to the fact that
>"trolling" was a verb in its own right and prompted me to investigate the
>etymology:
>
>Deck the halls with boughs of holly,
>(falalalalalalalalala)
>'Tis the season to be jolly,
>(falalalalalalalalala)
>Don we now our gay apparel,
>(falalalalalalalalala)
>Troll the ancient yuletide carol,
>(falalalalalalalalala).
>
>This is of course another meaning, but from the same root.
>
>Sandy
>http://scotstext.org
>http://www.fleimin.demon.co.uk
>
Sandy/Colin;

Troll: To sing a repetitive musical phrase
Trill: To sing/speak with a repeated sound such as 'rrrrring the bell'.
Trollop: A loose woman (dict. definition).

I have trolled in the cold waters of our Wisconsin lakes for fish by
pulling a lure behind my boat.  I have trolled a Christmas carol or two in
my life.  Some of my friends trill their words as they say them-especially
my European friends- but, I have never made the acquintance of a trollop.
Not that I have anything against these 'loose' women but I just wouldn't
like to shake their hand and find that their limbs would detach from their
body.  Never a pleasant thought!
I'll stick with the type of women with which I am comfortable.  We need not
travel that branch of the language tree any longer.

Bryan E. Schulz

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