LL-L: "Loanwords" LOWLANDS-L, 11.MAY.2000 (01) [E]

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From: Mike Adams [abrigon at yahoo.com]
Subject: Bungee/Rubber

Well, I believe the idea of Bungee cords are from New Guinea. The locals
there to prove their manhood will build a tower and then use local vines
and then jump from the tower. First time I heard of it was like 1970's..
But yes Bungee Cords were invented laters on..

Well, think I have heard it used that way, but it was years ago when I
was a kid and I have not heard it sinces..

Mike
Alaska

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From: Thomas [t.mcrae at uq.net.au]
Subject: LL-L: "Loanwords" (was "Romance connection") LOWLANDS-L,10.MAY.2000
(02) [D/E/French/Spanish]

> Subject: LL-L: "Loanwords" (was "Romance connection") LOWLANDS-L, 10.MAY.2000
> (02) [D/E/French/Spanish]
>
> So, does anyone out there know whether the Scots "chanty" does
> derive from the Hindustani "chuntu"?
>
> Colin Wilson.
Colin that you are on the right track re India but my guess is that chanty
developed from the Indian chatti, a metal rather globular cooking pot. They
are shaped rather like the classical gozunder (chamber pot) and are about
the same size. Not much of a linguistic transformation from one to t'other.
 I just realised the connection after reading your mailing.

Regards
Tom
Tom Mc Rae
Brisbane Australia
"Oh wid some power the Giftie gie us
Tae see oorselves as ithers see us"
Robert Burns--

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From: Barry.Watson at uab.ericsson.se
Subject: Bastu

John Feather wrote

> Is Swedish "bastu", E. "sauna" (from Finnish), a contraction of "Badestube"
> (or something similar) from LG?

"bastu" is a shorterned form of badstuga. http://g3.spraakdata.gu.se
says that "Formen bastu har sannol. uppkommit ur badstuwu i ssgr" which
I translate to "The form bastu has more than likely come from badstuwu
in ssgr". Now what is ssgr???

Barry


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