row

[John Dunn]

If Chamber's Dictionary is to be believed, the only one of the words listed to have an Irish connection is donnybrook, a reference to a suburb of Dublin where an apparently riotous fair used to be held.

John Dunn.


-----Original Message-----
From: ameliede at EARTHLINK.NET
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:35:45 -0700
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] row

At 04:37 PM 10/27/2009, you wrote:

> > You can use "row" in America if you like, but you should know 
> that 99% of the
> > public will either misunderstand you or be completely at a loss.
> >

This sememe (?) seems to acquire an unusual set of synonyms:
row, fracas, brouhaha, kerfuffle, scuffle, donnybrook.,* etc.

*Is it me or do a lot of these words sound Irish?

Jules Levin

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