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L O W L A N D S - L - 06 April 2009 - Volume 04<br>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">From: <span class="gd"><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);"><a href="mailto:heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk">heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk</a></span></span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk">heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="gi">LL-L "Language varieties" 2009.04.04 (02) [E]</span><br>
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>From Heather Rendall <a href="mailto:heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk" target="_blank">heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk</a></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Our Greg said "that meks us reet Miffed"</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">In J Davies " The Celtic Elements in the dialects of
Lancashire" he has 'miff' meaning displeasure or ill-humour having
its origins in Irish Gaelic 'miabhan' with the same meaning (bh = f/v)</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">And also 'chuffed' meaning pleased or delighted
- he says is derived from Welsh 'hoffi'= to delight in. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Both these words were unknown to me in my Sussex
childhood and only became part of normal everyday speech in the 60s with the
advent of the Beatles and Cilla Black ( who still is as chuffed as anything!)
and all things Liverpudlian.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I wouldn't be without either of them.... lovely words!</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Heather</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">From: R. F.
Hahn <</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="IT"><a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;" lang="EN-US">sassisch@yahoo.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">> <br>
Subject: Etymology<br>
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Hmm... Interesting, Heather. I wonder why I am so familiar with “miffed” then. My
time in London?
Australia?<br>
<br>
I was not familiar with “chuffed”, though.<br>
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Cheerio!<br>
<br>
Reinhard/Ron<br>
Seattle, USA</span></p>
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