LL-L "Etymology" 2007.04.29 (04) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L  -  28 April 2007 - Volume 04

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From: Pat Reynolds <pat at caerlas.demon.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L etymology/usage [E]

Dear All,

Here is a nice way to while away a Sunday afternoon - help write the
Oxford English Dictionary:
http://www.oed.com/bbcwordhunt/

There are many words for which the etymology is unknown (e.g. bonkers,
prat, shaggy dog story), and where readers here may be able to point to
it being a loan in from another Lowlands language.  Those of you who are
translators may recall the first time you met words such as shell suit,
mucky pup or tosser.

Cheers,

Pat


--
Pat Reynolds

It may look messy now ...
        ... but just you come back in 500 years time (T. Pratchett).

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From: Pat Reynolds <pat at caerlas.demon.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2007.04.28 (01) [E]

In message
<57c981290704281549w2e986c7dqe4a2cddc30441dc6 at mail.gmail.com>,
Lowlands-L List <lowlands.list at gmail.com> i,.e Reihhart/Ron writes
>Am I right in assuming that English and Scots are the odd men out here

I know (from rural Northamptonshire, 40 years ago) 'Beast' as not just
'cattle' (singluar used for plural - "I'll get the beast in so the Vet
can run his eye over them"), but a very specific kind: neutered males
older than calves, but not fully mature (not that most of them got fully
mature: most were turned into beef before that.

Cheers,

Pat
--
Pat Reynolds

It may look messy now ...
        ... but just you come back in 500 years time (T. Pratchett).

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From: Elsie Zinsser <ezinsser at icon.co.za>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2007.04.28 (01) [E]

Hi all,

Mark, all, the Afrikaans equivalent is 'dier' rather than 'deer'.

Regards,

Elsie Zinsser

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