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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread spruik #143922 06/13/2005 11:38 AM Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1 TenorTom stranger TenorTom stranger Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1 Just looking online about spruik and got lots of Dutch websites which contain this word. I don't speak Dutch, but it seems that the etymology of this word must originally somehow come from there. Also the German word Spruch refers to a saying or pat response would seem to come from the same root word. My Webster's unabridged says it's an Australian word. Any ideas out there? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: spruik #143923 06/13/2005 12:11 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Welcome to the board. Interesting query – this limey had never encountered the word before today, so I’ll wait with interest for more enlightened brethren and sistren’s pearls of wisdung (especially the hordes of New Zealander in the light of the second lookup I saw): Promote by speaking in public "Up and comers vying for their own taste of limelight will also spruik their talents along Peel Street" http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/SPRUIK spruik verb (Austral & NZ) spruiked, spruiking 1. slang Said especially of showmen, salesmen, etc: to speak in public, especially at length and using ornate language. Derivative: spruiker Noun http://www.allwords.com/word-spruik.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: spruik #143924 06/13/2005 1:21 PM Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 2 South Korea lanisusan stranger lanisusan stranger Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 2 South Korea It must have a very old root. I speak Afrikaans, which developed from 17th century Dutch, and "spraak" means speech. Look at these! Old English: spraec English: speech Swedish: spra*k Danish: Sprog Dutch (and Afrikaans): spraak German: Sprache Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: spruik #143925 06/13/2005 3:31 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Welcome lanisusan! Thanks for that extra info. You must have some interesting linguistic perspectives - from Seth Efrica to South Korea - is that what's went by a korea move? ;) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: spruik #143926 06/14/2005 12:40 PM Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 2 South Korea lanisusan stranger lanisusan stranger Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 2 South Korea Hi Maverick Not sure about the Korean move but we're a really cosmopolitan crowd teaching English here. I've learnt a little Korean - strange alphabet, strange sentence structure - it makes me appreciate the relative coherence of the Germanic languages! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: spruik #143927 06/30/2005 6:07 AM Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1 Butterfish stranger Butterfish stranger Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1 Spruik is certainly the word used in Australia for the people who try to talk you into coming into their shop/ restaurant. Jobs pages often have 'Spruiker required' adverts. I'd never heard the word until I came here (just over 2 years ago), now I can't think of any other word I'd use. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: other word #143928 06/30/2005 6:29 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 a USn at the carnie or on the Vegas "strip" might call him a barker. -joe (step right up, folks!) spieler 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 View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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