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Thanks, of Troy, for tulbent.
I found this on One Look:
"turban
a type of headdress formed by wrapping a long cloth sash around the head or a cap and which is worn especially by Muslim and Sikh men.
Dutch: tulband (de)" [Hmmm...a Dutch tulband is a turban.]
...that's getting closer to Taliban!
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Well, there's the Kiwis from NZ, the Septics from the US and those Pommy b*****ds from England, but that wasn't really what you meant, was it?
And just a F-everyones-I, Holland refers to two of the coastal provinces, North and South Holland. The name of the country is the Netherlands.
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is Taliban from turban too, or is from an entirely different root, and related to talisman.. ( from greek for consecrated?)
No. It means student. It comes from a Farsi root with a Pashto suffix, if memory serves. William Safire covered it in his NYTimes magazine column some time ago, back in September (was it that long ago? one of the three signs)
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Yes, doc, on a map its the Netherlands, but here in NY, Holland would be used interchangible.. most NY's would know the "Holland-American Lines" (do they still exist? their name remains on piers..) and the Holland tunnel.. and Holland show up in local brands (Holland Farms is big dairy cooportive, so is associated with milk, cheese, ice cream) given that only 7 people in all of the US know geography,  they would have trouble finding it on a map, but the would tell you the Dutch lived there.. (complete with wooden shoes!, and the little boy who put his finger in the dike was from there..) and Pommy b*****ds, is definately an down under expression.. I don't know what they are called elsewhere, but in my childhood they where always Bloody Brits-- followed closely by a warning Language!- with the 'Mind Your' intro to be understood. and where did the Septics from the US come from... i have never heard that one before!
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and the childrens game
Chinese Jump-rope
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and where did the Septics from the US come from... i have never heard that one before!
Septic (tank)s = Yanks.
Well, you did ask.
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Howye
Howabout - France is Baken - is that wordy of the list?
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It's good ta see yew *guys diggin' six degrees deep intada archives, especially since yer pullin' some of my gems owta da land down under{..wa-a-ter..}Hi, TEd
Guinea worm is capitalized 'cuz it comes from that region, but howabowda 'guinea pig'?
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or a 'guinea fowl' -- and the same word is used as slur term for italians (guineas). (why? i don't know.. see end)
about five years ago, there was a big effort (successful, too) to change the name of "Guinea Woods Road" in the Town of Westbury, NY since is was percieved to be an ethnic slur.
an investigation unearth that the road was name for the guinea fowl that used to be common there abouts. but the the road name was changed.
an other slur name for italian is Wops. allegedly, this come from the imigration of Sicilians who had moved to Naples, and where later deported from Naples. (after the unification of italy in the 1860's) not wanting to return to Sicily, they came to US-- but they had no passports or papers.. so there immigration forms where stamped WOP (with out papers)
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