LL-L "Etymology" 2004.09.18 (08) [E/V]

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From: Kevin Caldwell <kcaldwell31 at comcast.net>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2004.09.19 (02) [E]

> Kevin Caldwell <kcaldwell31 at comcast.net> Told us...
> > Subject: LL-L "Games" 2004.09.18 (06) [E]
> >
> > Certainly.  According to the American Heritage Dictionary (2nd College
> > Edition, which is what I have at home - I know, I need to get a more
> recent
> > dictionary), "scotch" is defined, as a verb,
> 'To Scotch' someone's project or plan is to prevent it happening.
> There is also an old noun "Scotcher" which was used to describe a large
> wooden wedge attached to a long pole. On steep hills in olden times kids
> would wait along coach routes to hold this under the rear wheels at the
> critical point in the climb. One at the top of the hill passengers were
> exopected to give largesse to the lad with the wedge. There was an account
> of such a device in a school reader we had at primary school in Edinburgh.
> Regards
> Tom
> Tom Mc Rae PSOC

Those definitions (put an end to something and a wedge under a wheel) were
in there as well, but were not pertinent to the discussion of "hopscotch".
I still need to get new dictionary, though.

As for the wedge, I wonder if there's any relation between "scotch" and
"chock".

Kevin Caldwell

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From: Liesbethvlaomse at aol.com <Liesbethvlaomse at aol.com>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2004.09.15 (05) [E/F]

               Mie, ikke verdenk dadd' aolle drie bronn'n waorschinlik zijn.
Die viss'n zouden kunnen worden gezegd om „op vleten“ te lijken; de bomen
zijn gebruukt bie gebrek an om 't even wat geschikter en het beên is
gebruukt. De Lappischvolk van uut Zveêds ontgonnen of vormden waorschinlik
geen metaol tot dicht bie industriële tijden, schin'n aolle drie woôrd'n om
zelfde etimologie, cf. te hebben: Einarson, Haugen, Chapman, Gunderson, &
Rischel; Webster & OED.  Behalve dadde heeft OED het van OFr.  Nochtans, kon
OFr NorFr mao HK omvatt'n OED het van MNe afleidde.  De vis heeft sommige
geliekeniss'n in vorm (het kenning) & hadden de Germaonsevolk aollen
hoofdzakeliek de zelfde godsdienst en weireldanscang van anism).  Angezien
Germaonse hedenske priesteres , kan ik dit zien.  Noôrdisch geloofden dadde
schepen & andere „deingen“ levende wezens waren.  In aninimism, beschouwen
wij aolles zoals hebbend het leven.

( Meneêr Vanbrant als je wilt m'n Westvlams hoe kan ik er verbetering maok'n
, voel vrie zo doen. )

[Liesbeth van der Belt]

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