beezark (1919)--(corrected spelling)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Or "Bizerkley" as Snoop would have it.

JL

Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
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>Whoops. Insted of "beserk" make that spelling "berserk."
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>Gerald Cohen

unless you're in Beserkley

L

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>> From: American Dialect Society on behalf of Cohen, Gerald Leonard
>> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 12:53 PM
>> Subject: Re: beezark (1919)
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>> My guess is it's from "beserk." For the vowel in "-zark" cf.
>>"varsity" from "(uni)versity.
>>
>> Gerald Cohen
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