LL-L "Etymology" 2002.12.22 (04) [E]

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From: Jorge Potter <jorgepot at caribe.net>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2002.12.22 (02) [E]

Dear (Tocayo) Jorge Gibault and other Lowlanders,

I have no idea of just how "segway" got to L.A., but "segue"--pronounce the
u like w--is Italian.

Spanish is "sigue"--don't pronounce the u.

They both are third singular, meaning "follows."

Present indicative of Italian seguire: (Always pronounce the "u.")

seguo
segui
segue
seguiamo
seguite
seguono

Present indicative Spanish seguir--never pronounce the "u."

sigo
sigues
sigue
seguimos
seguís
siguen

Bye from PR

(Tocayo) Jorge Potter

> By the way, Harlan, "segway" isn't a coined word! The word "segue" is just
> a straight Hollywood borrowing from Spanish meaning transition from its
> literal Spanish meaning "follows." For some reason it became popular among
> Hollywood gays of the "flamer" variety to pepper their speech with phrases
> from Spanish to prove they were trendy - (as they had been doing with
> French for decades if not centuries in England) and it spread from them
> through the movie industry - being picked up by scriptwriters, d.o.p.s
> (directors of photography) and from there into the general public. I find
> it fascinating that it is now so engrained that its origin in L.A.has been
> forgotten by people who don't work (or dabble as I do) in the movie
> business!

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