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What is the word for the first person you see when going outside?
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In what language/culture?
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friend, or stranger?
welcome genyo!
formerly known as etaoin...
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In English (in Scotland) the first person one mets going from home on a special day (such as Christmas or News Years Day) is called a first-foot. This term also refers to the first person to enter one's house on those days, too. One of my favorite words in the OED is the Manx loan, qualtagh, which means first-foot.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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>qualtagh
which was used by jheem <wink> for a round of hogwash® back in '04.
-joe (backlog) friday
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Who is this jheem? I must meet her or him.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Jules' friend in the l 'Jules et Jim' -according to the subtitles.
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Jules' friend in the film 'Jules et Jim' -according to the subtitles.
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Jules' friend in the film 'Jules et Jim'
I've always wanted to meet somebody in a Nouvelle Vague film ...
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Hi Genyo I'm curious about the context you want the word for. First-foot is quite specific to New Years Day (I wasn't aware of the Christmas connection.) Is that what you were thinking or did you mean any day.
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