LL-L "Lexicon" 2002.03.14 (06) [E]

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From: dujardin <dujardin at pandora.be>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2002.03.14 (03) [E]

i Lowlanders,

Talking about 'evil women', another word, used in westflemish, keeps my
attention going.
A "fotse" is a lazy and messy woman in westflemish. German speakers will
immediately recognize the "element" as pars pro toto....
In westflemish the word "fotse" as "female genitals" is unknown!
Is this stem elsewhere know in the same context?

denis dujardin
westflanders

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Orthography

Denis (above),

You wrote:

> In westflemish the word "fotse" as "female genitals" is unknown!

I strongly suspect this to be a loan from (High) German, namely to have
been borrowed from German only with this specialized meaning.  In "pure
Lowlandic" you would expect /t/ where German has /ts/ (spelled <z> or
<tz>).  German /f/ corresponds to Lowlandic /f/ or /p/.  In fact, in
some Low Saxon (Low German) dialects you do get the cognate I would
expect: _Püüt_ (Dutch spelling _puut_) [py:t] (and also _Püten_ and
_Püter_), the /üü/ assumedly being due to the umlauting influence of a
now deleted /-e/, thus originally */puute/ (feminine).  Among other,
unrelated forms, you also get _Püüß_ (Dutch spelling _puus_), _Püütsch_
(Dutch spelling _puutsj_) and _Puus_ (Dutch spelling _poes_).  However,
as far as I am aware, none of these can be used to denote a human being.

If you want to come across as truly foul-mouthed in English you can use
the equivalent "c..." (which shall remain incomplete, in part because of
"The Filter") to refer to a despicable person, usually a woman, but as
far as I know with no reference to age.  In Australia I have heard the
"tw..." equivalent used in the same way, but only once or twice.  The
"d..." (or "d... head") nickname for the male equivalent can be used in
equally vulgar modes to refer to despicable men.  Be warned, though,
that using these is considered extremely rude and agressive and, if used
to address a person, might buy you a ticket straight to the courtroom,
hospital or morgue.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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