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The English Language - The Bastard

Hello one and all,

Here is my contribution to the great stock of literature and verse that has come to pass giving the English language it's gravity, it's genius, it's staying power.

Although the darling of world languages has its place firmly set in all far and distant corners of the world, and maintains its place at the highest levels of human existence, in government, in business and indeed in the farest of reaches of space unto which man hath dared to travel, its adventurous and remarkable history is one which needs to be investigated. So my question, to start this big fat ball rolling is,,,,,.......

What is the origin of the word.......

Spinach???????

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Comment by The Choonies on July 12, 2012 at 21:54: No idea but it sounds more like a name than a word.

If I had to guess I would say it sounds Scottish or Gaelic and I love the word

"Naw, naw, naw, dinna staun oan ma flooers ya wee hooligan."

Comment by Richard Roman on July 12, 2012 at 20:56: Wonderful, Mr Chooney

But what is the origin of the word HOOLIGAN? - a question I asked last night!

Comment by The Choonies on July 12, 2012 at 20:31

I saw this and thought what happened to that blog aboot English?

Tom Stoppard. In his play Indian Ink, two characters compete to use as many Hobson-Jobson words as possible: i.e. words originating from Indian.

Flora: "While having tiffin on the veranda of my bungalow I spilled kedgeree on my dungarees and had to go to the gymkhana in my pyjamas looking like a coolie."
Nirad: "I was buying chutney in the bazaar when a thug who had escaped from the chokey ran amok and killed a box-wallah for his loot, creating a hullabaloo and landing himself in the mulligatawny."

Comment by CCF Beijing on May 29, 2012 at 14:42: abacadabra!.....its an "abecederian"

Comment by Richard Roman on May 29, 2012 at 14:04: What does it mean Mahatma jack?

Comment by CCF Beijing on May 27, 2012 at 12:50: LlanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychLlanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerych

wyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Hmmm...."llan" means church

What about "bwllllant"? Is that like Elmer Fudd trying to say BRILLIANT?

Comment by Chris Knight on May 27, 2012 at 11:59: LOL ... ABC ... someone learning the alphabet.

Comment by Richard Roman on May 27, 2012 at 11:28: The only thing that comes to mind is a cedar tree!

So, an abecederian is someone who studies cedar trees!

I think I might be wrong though!

Comment by Jack Field on May 26, 2012 at 17:38: Its in the word

Comment by Jack Field on May 26, 2012 at 17:38: Good attempts old boy, frightfully wrong in both cases however. Pyknic means short and fat. Pet is from the scottish language.

Todays word - abecederian.....