http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/forums/4 en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Tue, 12 Nov 2002 03:07:32 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/4 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/1674/t/Re-scat.html ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1674 Tue, 12 Nov 2002 03:07:32 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1721/t/Runner-up-.html feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1721 Thu, 15 Aug 2002 09:09:28 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1715/t/etc-and-the-like.html
Do French and Spanish have special terms as well? Japanese does ("tou-tou", "nado-nado"), but "ettosetera" has its place in trendy speech.

Curious how many languages LACK it, actually. German is the first to come... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (wordgeek) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1715 Thu, 15 Aug 2002 05:26:33 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1706/t/Page-3-Girls.html
]]> feeds@yuku.com (wordgeek) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1706 Wed, 14 Aug 2002 13:44:11 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1720/t/-quot-Wuh-quot-for-quot-double-u-quot-.html
My question is, is the use of "wuh" to refer to the letter W common among British adults, or is she being twee? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Dr Techie) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1720 Wed, 14 Aug 2002 11:31:45 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1712/t/-quot-perishers-quot-for-critters.html
Is this Irish or English...or...what am I mishearing here? "Parasites" seems a stretch.

]]> feeds@yuku.com (wordgeek) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1712 Wed, 14 Aug 2002 10:01:49 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1714/t/Die-Hard.html
As a footnote, a South African friend of mine saw the poster for the first of the Die Hard movies and was very surprised to see such prominent actors in an Afrikaans movie: he thought that the title was... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (League of Gentlemen) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1714 Wed, 14 Aug 2002 09:50:44 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1686/t/-quot-the-last-laugh-quot-.html feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1686 Wed, 14 Aug 2002 01:21:24 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1685/t/chicken-marsala.html
OK, the Indian one is usually spelled without the "r". But still...when someone says "chicken ma(r)sala" around me, it can ONLY be Indian food!

Is the similarity of these two words pure concidence?

]]> feeds@yuku.com (wordgeek) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1685 Tue, 13 Aug 2002 22:17:57 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1711/t/ambrosia.html
While you're at it, where and when on "Baked Alaska" as well?

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]]> feeds@yuku.com (wordgeek) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1709 Tue, 13 Aug 2002 22:04:04 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1713/t/Origin-of-phrase-quot-Fifth-Column-quot-.html feeds@yuku.com (textpro53) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1713 Tue, 13 Aug 2002 18:30:54 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1688/t/atlantis.html feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1688 Tue, 13 Aug 2002 12:04:10 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1705/t/burrito.html
Is "burrito" a real Spanish word? Is it another kludged Anglicism la "tamale"?

]]> feeds@yuku.com (wordgeek) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1705 Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:32:13 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1687/t/Let-s-all-give-it-up-for-.html
When did this phrase start? Is it TV related? It sounds like a Hollywood term to me. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Eyehawk) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1687 Tue, 13 Aug 2002 10:04:49 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1680/t/Puss.html
My (albeit ancient) SOED says etymology unknown, yet there's a reference in WWW that links puss back to 1530 or even beyond, and makes reference to similar words in Afghanistan, Lithuania and Low German. Has the SOED got it wrong or have later editions been amended? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (eliza(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1680 Tue, 13 Aug 2002 07:09:21 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1707/t/Berdache.html feeds@yuku.com (aldiboronti) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1707 Tue, 13 Aug 2002 06:24:28 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1691/t/AHD3-Usage-Panel.html
www.eeicommunications.com/eye/usage.html ]]> feeds@yuku.com (aldiboronti) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1691 Tue, 13 Aug 2002 06:09:20 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1683/t/Hot-off-the-Web.html feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1683 Mon, 12 Aug 2002 21:06:42 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1671/t/slug.html feeds@yuku.com (Dave Wiegand) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1671 Mon, 12 Aug 2002 20:22:33 GMT