LL-L: "Etymology" LOWLANDS-L, 12.JAN.2001 (07) [E]

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From: Sandy Fleming [sandy at fleimin.demon.co.uk]
Subject: "Etymology"

> From: Helge Tietz [helgetietz at yahoo.com]
> Subject: LL-L: "Games" (was "Etymology") LOWLANDS-L, 11.JAN.2001 (02) [E]
>
> just remembered yesterday a quite releated Low Saxon
> term to Scots "keeking glass", because the word
> "kieker" can be used in a similar way more like "Dee
> hebb di wul op'n kieker" meaning, "they have taken
> notice of you", here "kieker" in the meaning of
> "keeking glass" but the meaning could be as well
> "watch out, they are taking the micky of you".

On the other hand, a "keeker" in Scots is a black eye!

Sandy

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From: john feather [johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk]
Subject: Etymology

Ron wrote:

>the English verb "mum" 'id.', 'to play in a pantomime' < Old French
_momer_.<

"Mum" as a verb is, of course, not much used nowadays. I would take it to
mean what "mummers" do. More importantly, the word "pantomime" has shifted
its meaning so that in Britain, in the theatrical sense, it is no longer a
mimed drama but a Christmas holiday entertainment based on one of  a small
number of traditional stories (Aladdin, Mother Goose, Jack and the
Beanstalk, Cinderella, Dick Whittington, ...).

John Feather johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk

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