LL-L "Etymology" 2005.09.06 (05) [E]

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From: Críostóir Ó Ciardha <paada_please at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2005.09.06 (03) [E]


Hugo wrote:
"Maybe "clag" or "claggy" has hung around with Australians of a certain 
age -
I have a recollection of a white paste glue used in schools and offices to
paste paper into books - it used the brand name "Clag" and came in a
slightly conical bottle with a lid through which a brush was stuck."

My wife mentioned Clag last night, and it set my memory back to my school 
days and our glue, which was called (brand name) "Gloy", from a portmanteau 
of "glue" and "cloy"... and there we have it. The surviving cognate of 
"clag" in English is "cloy".

Go raibh maith agat,

Criostóir.

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From: Glenn Simpson <westwylam at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: "Etymology" [e]

Dear all,

I've come into this debate late so ain't read the
earlier stuff but saw the use of clag or claggy in
Aussie English. Well this is a very common word in
Northumbrian and in fact is seen as a marker word of
the Northumbrian language.

Gan canny
Glenn Simpson

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