LL-L "Etymology" 2003.09.10 (01) [E]

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From: Luc Hellinckx <luc.hellinckx at pandora.be>
Subject: Etymology


Beste Frank (en annere liëglanners),


Re "boegseren", I know of a similar case in my Brabantish dialect where the
French loanword "plafond", "ceiling"(E), is invariably pronounced "blafong"
(/p/ > /b/). But I can't tell you unfortunately the reason for this change.

Kind greetings,

Luc Hellinckx

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From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2003.09.09 (14) [E]

Ron wrote:

> We have this word in Lowlands Saxon (Low German) of Germany too:
_bugseyren_
> (<bugseern>) (nautical) 'to tow', 'to tug', 'to tow', 'to warp', 'to
> maneuver'; (non-nautical) 'to drag (along)' (American 'to shlepp'), 'to
> push', 'to maneuver (an object about)'.  German _bugsieren_ tends to be
used
> only in the nautical sense.

I've never heard it in the nautical sense, but then I'm not from the coast.
German "bugsieren" is slightly humorous and is used to describe bulky
objects being fit in spaces that aren't necessary very well fit to receive
them (like getting your granny to fit in the back of your VW beetle, large
purse, walking stick and all). :-)

Gabriele Kahn

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