http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/forums/13 en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:00:15 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/forums/13 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6149/t/shamble-shambles.html
But what about "shamble", to walk with shuffling feet? The etymology in MWO only gives a date of 1691 but no clue what language it started from.... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Eyehawk) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6149 Mon, 19 Jan 2004 13:25:53 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6146/t/Smart-ass.html
So how did it come about? And when? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Eyehawk) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6146 Mon, 19 Jan 2004 13:09:40 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6143/t/het.html
My SOED doesn't list "het" although it's been around longer than my old dictionary, and I'm assuming it's from the verb "heat". Is "het" an older version of "heat", dialect, or modern slang? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ElizaD) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6143 Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:47:28 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6151/t/Read-the-Riot-Act.html
Enacted 1714, repealed 1973.
]]> feeds@yuku.com (ElizaD) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6151 Mon, 19 Jan 2004 01:59:09 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6147/t/Vicious-circle.html feeds@yuku.com (aldiboronti) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6147 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 21:55:10 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6145/t/dative-and-case.html
Here is an example:

In Hebrew, "Nitsachti et ha-oyev" means "I defeated the enemey." "Oyev" here is the direct object.

"Nitsachti ba-milchama" means literaly "I won (in) the war". "war" is an indirect object, in that it is preceeded by a preposition. This... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (WlmJames) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6145 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 20:00:50 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6148/t/won.html
She is referring to the agonic meaning, more usually expressed in English as "I beat you,:" "I defeated you."

Is there any precedent for her usage? Is "win" only used referring to the thing one, but not the person/entity from which the prize is won?

I sense she is translating from Hebrew, of which she is native speaker (bilingual) where the word... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (WlmJames) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6148 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 18:49:56 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6141/t/Limbo.html Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack go under the limbo stick.

As one song had it. Any connection at all between the dance and Purgatory? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (aldiboronti) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6141 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 15:25:40 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6132/t/Bad.html badling). OED1

"I'm bad, I'm bad!"

Yes, yes, we know, Michael. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (aldiboronti) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6132 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 10:43:56 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6152/t/Finally-why-LAX-is-LAX.html Airport codes and the reasoning behind them.

I think wg asked this a while back. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (aldiboronti) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6152 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 00:31:35 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6139/t/Heaven-for-climate-hell-for-society.html The Vocabula Review. Often, when a new issue is coming out, he posts a free excerpt at ADS-L. This month, his excerpt has a quote from author Joseph Epstein which reads:

"I was signing a few books the other day after a talk I gave at
a woman's club in Chicago, when someone remarked on the weather, and a
very nice woman cited Mark Twain as saying, 'Heaven for climate, hell... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ozziemaland) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6139 Sat, 17 Jan 2004 10:52:48 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6135/t/Family-and-Place-names.html Please explain.
David L. Braddell
e-mail - davidlbraddell@yahoo.ca ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6135 Sat, 17 Jan 2004 10:52:47 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6136/t/delator-.html
Is this Latin? What does it mean?

Thanks,

Reb Wlm. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (WlmJames) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6136 Sat, 17 Jan 2004 08:35:20 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6153/t/Cooler.html
Do such jobs exist? Where do I apply?

]]> feeds@yuku.com (wordgeek) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6153 Sat, 17 Jan 2004 08:13:55 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6142/t/California-or-Busta.html
I assume it is the impetus behind Rapster "Bustah Rhymes" (sp?) moniker.

]]> feeds@yuku.com (wordgeek) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6142 Sat, 17 Jan 2004 08:11:20 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6138/t/Colonel-Southern-style-.html feeds@yuku.com (aldiboronti) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6138 Sat, 17 Jan 2004 07:09:11 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6131/t/Malay-Indonesian.html Riau. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (aldiboronti) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6131 Sat, 17 Jan 2004 03:29:13 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6154/t/Kissing-cousin.html feeds@yuku.com (aldiboronti) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6154 Sat, 17 Jan 2004 03:15:12 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6134/t/A-load-on.html I had a load on last night. Americanism for inebriated, yes? How old?

OK, I'll try to get two for the price of one. How about get a load of this? How far back does that go? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (aldiboronti) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6134 Sat, 17 Jan 2004 03:11:05 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6133/t/On-a-hiding-to-nothing.html this example

Zaccheroni on a hiding to nothing in attempt to revive Inter's fortunes.

Any origin for it? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (aldiboronti) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6133 Sat, 17 Jan 2004 02:07:40 GMT