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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 Barditch #130571 07/19/04 10:56 PM Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 1 F fundybaygirl OP stranger OP fundybaygirl stranger F Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 1 I an reading a story which takes place in west Texas. The author routinely refers to the excavation on either side of a county road as a "barditch". I can't find the word in any on-line or hard copy dictionary. Does anyone know the origin of the word and why people from Texas might use it? Does anyone else use this word in place of simple old "ditch"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Barditch #130572 07/19/04 11:30 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Why do people from Texas (particular West Texas) do anything? Welcome to the madhouse. This site has some information about Barditch. Dunno if it's relevant: http://www.lincsheritage.org/vt/boston/economy.html That's the old Boston, not the new Boston. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Barditch #130573 07/20/04 02:14 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass bar ditch is Western alteration of 'borrow ditch', which NI3 defines as "a ditch dug along a roadway to furnish fill and provide drainage" -- none of which 'splains nothin'. except that the roadfill is borrowed from the ditch, I suppose. hmmm. roadfill. seems like there's a rhyme there somewhere... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Barditch #130574 07/20/04 06:48 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada "a ditch dug along a roadway to furnish fill and provide drainage" Why else would you dig a ditch? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Gutterball #130575 07/20/04 07:46 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago Why else would you dig a ditch? To keep them varmint auto-mobiles from rekin' my fence an lettin' loose all muh herd! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gutterball #130576 07/20/04 07:58 PM Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 5 J jjj135 stranger jjj135 stranger J Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 5 "..the roadfill is borrowed from the ditch, I suppose.." Exactly! Also along a stream prone to flooding they may have a 'barpit' from which they borrow material for a berm, levee or dike. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Barditch #130577 07/21/04 12:05 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Here's a picture: http://www.villr.com/properties.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Barditch #130578 07/21/04 08:11 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC The term actually goes back to Elizabethan England and has to do with the curiosity of the populace about Shakespeare's mysterious rash. Everyone was going around asking, "I wonder what makes the Bard itch." TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Barditch #130579 07/21/04 09:57 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada TEd The only appropriate answer would be a Ha-ha. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Barditch #130580 07/21/04 10:49 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem veteran jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California I thought bowditch was Anglish for bolgia as in the ditches that the 9th circle of hell is divided into: Noi passamm'oltre, e io e 'l duca mio, su per lo scoglio infino in su l'altr'arco che cuopre 'l fosso in che si paga il fio a quei che scommettendo acquistan carco. [Inferno. XXVII, 133ff.] We onward went, I and my leader, up along the rock, Far as another arch, that overhangs The foss, wherein the penalty is paid Of those who load them with committed sin. http://www.bartleby.com/20/127.html We traveled on ahead, my guide and I, Along the ridge as far as the next bridgeway Arching the ditch where they must pay the price Who earned such loads by sowing constant discord. http://www.italianstudies.org/comedy/Inferno27.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 2 1 2 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. 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