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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 5 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Re:more bread etymology #42112 09/22/01 04:28 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 328 Eastern Pennsylvania Rapunzel enthusiast Rapunzel enthusiast Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 328 Eastern Pennsylvania essa-- as in ess'a bagel.. (ny corruption of the yidish..eat a bagel..) Interesting... essa also means "eat" in PA Dutch. Not to be confused with fressa, which refers to the way an animal eats. To use fressa about a person is insulting. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re:more bread etymology #42113 09/22/01 04:44 PM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean Tu vientre sabe m�s que tu cabesa Esa Es la fuerza bella negra De tu cuerpo desnudo Signo de selva El tuyo Con tus collares rojos Tus braceletes de oro curvo Y ese caiman Nadando en el Zambeze De tus ojos -Nicol�s Guillen I typed this from memory, so if I made any mistakes, lo siento. I can't remember the name of the poem[embarrassed-e] but I do remember the translation of the poem. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re:more bread etymology #42114 09/23/01 10:37 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 essa-- as in ess'a bagel.. (ny corruption of the yiddish..eat a bagel..) Interesting... essa also means "eat" in PA Dutch. Not to be confused with fressa, which refers to the way an animal eats. Recursively interesting ... in yiddish, a fresser is one who is eating. (Or a is big eater. I'm not sure which, my reference book having been devoured by our fresser dog.) Does PA Dutch trace back to German, as does much of yiddish? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re:more bread etymology #42115 09/26/01 02:55 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 328 Eastern Pennsylvania Rapunzel enthusiast Rapunzel enthusiast Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 328 Eastern Pennsylvania Does PA Dutch trace back to German? Yes, it is a German dialect. It's similar to Platt Deutsch, which is spoken in some parts of Germany. It's called Pennsylvania "Dutch" because the original settler's reference to themselves and their language as PA Deutsch (PA German) was mis-heard by others as PA Dutch. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 5 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,984 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 2,039 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 19 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,951 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,953 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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