LL-L "Etymology" 2011.05.12 (04) [EN]

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From: Kevin & Cheryl Caldwell kevin.caldwell1963 at verizon.net
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2011.05.12 (01) [EN]


Note that you could also say “books aplenty” in English.



Kevin Caldwell

Laurel, MD


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From: Paul Finlow-Bates wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2011.05.12 (01) [EN]


 But you might well say "books a-plenty".  Or "Money to burn", "rain for
England" etc.

Paul
Derby
England

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From: Isaac M. Davis isaacmacdonalddavis at gmail.com
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2011.05.12 (01) [EN]


  From: Henry Pijffers henry.pijffers at gmail.com
> Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2011.05.11 (02) [EN]
>
>
> And is that word put behind the object in Gaelic? I mean, in English one
> would say "plenty books", but "books galore". Is that word order also copied
> from Gaelic?
>

Actually, if it's modifying a noun, it's put before the noun, and the noun
is in the genitive case: *go leor ama* 'plenty of time', *go leor
airgid* 'enough
money'. It only goes after the word it's modifying if that word is an
adjective: *maith go leor* 'good enough', *mór go leor* 'big enough'. This
is in Irish, mind you. I can't speak to usage in Scottish Gaelic or Manx,
though I could ask people tomorrow.

Best,

Isaac M. Davis

-- 

"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master."
—Abraham Lincoln



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