LL-L "Etymology" 2004.09.22 (02) [E]

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From: Thomas <t.mcrae at uq.net.au>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2004.09.21 (06) [E]

Jo Thys <Jo.Thijs1 at pandora.be> wrote
> Instead of from the water - not sure wheter
> you're joking- couldn't "crabbit" come from "crabb-ert"? In
(southern?)dutch
> a 'krabber' is sometimes used to describe the least succesfull people in a
> group, like 'de krabbers in het peloton'(cycling).
Interesting point Jo particularly in view of Flemish influence on Scots but
if you've ever seen a large crab freshly pulled from the sea it is very
crabbit indeed.
> I saw those t-shirts too, and liked them very much, but Scotland isn't
> becoming any cheaper, ay?
You can say that again, we could only afford to stay two weeks.
Regards
Tom
Tom Mc Rae PSOC
Brisbane Australia
"The masonnis suld mak housis stark and rude,
To keep the pepill frome the stormes strang,
And he that fals, the craft it gois all wrang."
>>From 15th century Scots Poem 'The Buke of the Chess'

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