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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Two things I didn't know... #145394 07/24/2005 3:29 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky ...in the latest AWADMail: It was Milton, I believe, who coined a kind of antonym to "pantheon," namely "pandemonium" http://wordsmith.org/words/pandemonium.html the capital for denizens of the underworld and by extension, I suppose, it has come to mean the type of environment one might expect of such a place. Not that we say "pantheon broke out" or the like. :-) and: In Ireland the Palatine community are descendants of people who historically came from the Rhineland-Pfals region of Germany in 1709 to settle in County Limerick. Many Palatine surnames survive in the local community, such as Orr, Bovenizer, Muller, Teskey, etc. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Two things I didn't know... #145395 07/24/2005 3:12 PM Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 plutarch veteran plutarch veteran Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 County Limerick I wonder if "County Limerick" gave rise to the venerable limerick rhyme, traditionally ribald in nature. Did the Palatine community bring the rhyming limerick with them to Ireland? And was it always 'ribald' in nature, or did it evolve into that reputation because its form was particularly well-suited to the task? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter County Limerick #145396 07/24/2005 3:25 PM Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 plutarch veteran plutarch veteran Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 'Twas the Palatines who did defile The innocent "Emerald Isle". "County Limerick, mi lass, Gave birth, so crass, To the limerick, which the prim revile." 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

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