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<p class="MsoNormal"><font> </font></p>From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>><br>
Subject: Etymology<br>
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Dear Lowlanders,<br><br>Today, our Hanne wrote something about German <i>Ohrwurm</i> ([ˈʔoːɐ̆vʊɜ̆m]) and Low Saxon <i>Ohrworm ~ Uhrw</i>orm ([ˈʔɔʊˑɜ̆vɔˑɐ̆m] ~ [ˈʔuːɜ̆vɔˑɐ̆m]), literally "earworm", (Wikipedia: "catchy tune; or a piece of music that sticks in one's mind so that one seems to hear it, even when it is not being played").<br>
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<div style="margin-left:40px;color:rgb(0,0,153)"><a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohrwurm" target="_blank">http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohrwurm</a><br><br><a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohrw%C3%BCrmer" target="_blank">http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohrwürmer</a><br>
<br><b>Uhrworm </b>m. Ohrwurm; <i>Oorworm, Urworm</i>: <i>en Kirl as
en Uhrworm (ein beweglicher, wendiger Mann) </i>REUTER; ironisch
und warnend: jem. ist <i>fründlich as 'n Uhrworm. </i>Syn.: <i>Uhrenkniper,
Uhrslüser.</i><br>
Lit.: Perfesser Voßlo<br><br><b>Ohrwurm, </b>m., Ohrworm, pl. -wörm; Ohrklauer/-kröpel [ǭ]/
-kruper, m., pl. -s<br>
Lit.: GÜNTER HARTE - JOHANNA HARTE<br></div>
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English happens to have the a direct cognate ("earworm"), as do Dutch and Afrikaans (<i>oorwurm</i>), and Limburgish (<font><i>oerwórm</i>),</font> as does French (<i>ver d'oreille</i>). Within this specific context, Japanese has borrowed from English <i>iyāwāmu</i> (イヤーワーム), phonologically adapted.<br>
<br>I am interested in cognates in other languages and in knowing in which ways this lexical construction, this semantic extension, may have spread. Please bear in mind that "earworm" is the same as "earwig" in some languages. This is a different kind of thing, an actual insect.<br>
<br>Thanks in advance for any info and clues!<br><br>Regards,<br>Reinhard/Ron<br>Seattle, USA<br><br>
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