prat(t) (but not Siouan)

[Bruce Ingham]

On 6/8/04 7:20 pm, "Alan Knutson" <boris at terracom.net> wrote:

> Most of the 'sk' nautical terms are Dutch or Low German,  skiff is
> Dutch, skipper, altho cognate, is Low German ("Saxon, " actually a
> separate language).
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> Alan K
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-siouan at lists.colorado.edu
> [mailto:owner-siouan at lists.colorado.edu] On Behalf Of R. Rankin
> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 1:08 PM
> To: siouan at lists.colorado.edu
> Subject: Re: prat(t) (but not Siouan)
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>> I think Bob Rankin once suggested scat :: skittle, cf. shit.  (I don't
>> think sk in skittle could be native English, however.)
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> Maybe Scandowegian.  As Mary says, I'm sure all this is covered in OED.
> Weren't
> we talking about these SK clusters at the conference (ship, skiff,
> skipper,
> etc.)?
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> Bob
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Don't forget English skipper.  Presumably Norse from skip
Bruce