LL-L "Etymology" 2005.09.06 (03) [E]

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From: Hugo Zweep <Zweep at bigpond.com>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2005.09.05 (03) [E]

Ron
Maybe "clag" or "claggy" has hung around with Australians of a certain age -
I have a recollection of a white paste glue used in schools and offices to
paste paper into books - it used the brand name "Clag" and came in a
slightly conical bottle with a lid through which a brush was stuck. I recall
using it when I first went to work in the 1950s and am fairly sure it was
still around in the 1960s at my kids' schools. If that is correct the word
lingers because of commercial use and not because it was embedded in
memories of language and dialect.

Regards
Hugo Zweep

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From: Paul Finlow-Bates <wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2005.09.05 (04) [E/Cornish]


Interestingly in Papua New Guinea, "clag" has acquired a special meaning of 
"thick cloud" in aviation circles, e.g. "we can't land at Mendi - the whole 
area's clagged in"

Paul

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