On the trail of "wombat"
Grant Barrett
gbarrett at WORLDNEWYORK.ORG
Sat Jan 17 15:11:20 UTC 2009
At the "Transient Languages & Cultures" blog on the web site of the
University of Sydney, David Nash does a thorough job tracking down how
the word "wombat" entered English. Its an exquisite example of how
etymological research should be conducted and presented.
http://blogs.usyd.edu.au/elac/2009/01/the_wombat_trail_1.html
Less compelling but also interesting is his look at "-MB-", "-m-", and
dingo in Sydney language:
http://blogs.usyd.edu.au/elac/2008/11/sydney_language_mb_m_and_dingo.html
Grant Barrett
gbarrett at worldnewyork.org
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