LL-L "Etymology" 2005.04.22 (10) [E]

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From: Jacqueline Bungenberg de Jong <Dutchmatters at comcast.net>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2005.04.22 (06) [E]

To Ron re "Kwikken". Dat was een verkwikkend (refreshing) argument.
Jacqueline

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From: Brooks, Mark <mark.brooks at twc.state.tx.us>
Subject: LL-L "Idiomatica" 2005.04.22 (07) [E]

Heather wrote: "next to the howsyerfather..."

So, who is that next to YOUR howsyerfather?  I had the need to look that one
up a while back.  I was reading about some advertisement in the British
media with one of those supermodels, uh, "modeling" some panties (as we call
them here in America) that caused an uproar because she had her hand under
the waistband near her how's-your-father.  Well, I was intrigued about what
that might be.  I googled it and WELL...

Mark Brooks

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

Mark,

Under normal circumstances I would prudently and prudishly counter, "Well,
we do want to leave *some* things to the imagination."  However, seeing that
you have -- albeit somewhat unceremoniously -- touched upon an etymological
matter of great import, I urge you to join me in deferring to the ever so
gifted Michael Horatio Kelly (a.k.a. "O Wise One") who is an expert on this
very linguistic phenomenon.  You would do well perusing his treatise on this
very subject:
http://www.michaelkelly.fsnet.co.uk/qfather.htm

On the other hand, you might prefer to subscribe to a more mundane
hypothesis:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/20/messages/553.html

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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