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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Marabout #193282 09/30/2010 8:46 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Just a small question on the subject of marabout. I only knew it to be a bird and in the before worldwar II spelling we wrote it as such. Now it is marabou. The Marabouts must have stolen the word from the marabouts, no? Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Marabout BranShea #193284 10/01/2010 12:14 AM Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Candy Pooh-Bah Candy Pooh-Bah Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Interesting....I don't know the word with the 'T' but so often 'old' words have redundant letters which are getting dropped now. like colour>>color Americanisms. I try not to let it happen in my writing...the words just don't look as good. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Marabout BranShea #193288 10/01/2010 12:22 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh The birds name came from the Arabic word (via Moroccan dialect to French) mirabūt 'a kind of holy man; also the stork' based on similarities between how the cleric dressed and what the stork looked like. The -t was there and pronounced. Not sure if it got dropped in the French pronunciation. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Marabout zmjezhd #193317 10/02/2010 5:49 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Yes zmjezhd, these days I look up that part too. mirabūt. Also read that it meant: from Arabic murbi, posted, stationed. Only I suppose the bird was there before the holy man ever was. And they both have a posted stature I suppose. That's why the 'who took who's word' was funny to think about. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Marabout face a vis BranShea #193319 10/02/2010 6:13 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Only I suppose the bird was there before the holy man ever was. Sure thing. Not that I meant different, but the word is not that old in English, French, or Arabic. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Marabout face a vis BranShea #210638 04/26/2013 9:15 AM Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 3 zkwaywow stranger zkwaywow stranger Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 3 The shortest answer is doing. All things are difficult before they are easy. __________________ Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. Edited by Jackie to delete commercial link. Last edited by Jackie; 04/26/2013 7:06 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Marabout face a vis BranShea #211261 06/01/2013 1:34 PM Joined: May 2013 Posts: 7 New York anddrewlee stranger anddrewlee stranger Joined: May 2013 Posts: 7 New York Do the hard part first.Aimless life is meaningless. Last edited by anddrewlee; 06/01/2013 1:34 PM. trademark registration Copy Link to Clipboard 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 Website 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 View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website 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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