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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread 2 P's in a pod? #93927 01/31/03 03:27 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie OP Carpal Tunnel OP Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Could someone please explain the difference between parochialism and provincialism? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 2 P's in a pod? #93928 01/31/03 04:21 AM Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 833 Eastern Ontario, Canada M modestgoddess old hand modestgoddess old hand M Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 833 Eastern Ontario, Canada I just looked both up: Parochial seems to have the first meaning of "of or concerning a parish." Both seem to share the meaning of being local, narrow, restricted in scope, limited.... Provincialism has the above as its primary meaning; as a secondary meaning it has "allegiance to or concern for one's province rather than one's country." So perhaps the latter has a slightly broader scope of narrow-mindedness than the former...?! (assuming that provinces tend to be larger than parishes) instant edit: nearly forgot to add that "parochial," to me, always seems to have a more patronising air than "provincial." The former is arrogantly ignorant/narrow; the latter is innocently so. Summink like that. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 2 P's in a pod? #93929 01/31/03 01:38 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 And there may be hundreds of parishes in a province. So if being provincial is being small time, being parochial is being microscopic. parochial adj. 5ME parochiele < OFr parochial < ML(Ec) parochialis < LL(Ec) parochia: see PARISH6 1 of or in a parish or parishes 2 restricted to a small area or scope; narrow; limited; provincial !a parochial outlook" pa[ro4chi[al[ism# n. pa[ro4chi[al[ist n. pa[ro4chi[al[ly adv. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 2 P's in a pod? #93930 01/31/03 10:08 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Parochial seems to be the expression of interest only in strictly local events. A lot of people here in England are extremely parochial and regard events that occur even a hundred miles away as being "foreign". Being provincial is, to me, being a country bumpkin, a chawbacon, unsophisticated. - Pfranz Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 2 P's in a pod? #93931 01/31/03 10:20 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... I like the term chawbacon...images of a couple of chawbacons sittin' around and chewin' the fat. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter you can take the bumpkin out of the country but... #93932 02/01/03 03:40 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,561 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,561 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA images of a couple of chawbacons sittin' around and chewin' the fat Do you suppose the Star Wars writers had this in mind when they named Han Solo's faithful Wookie companion? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,372 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 889 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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