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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 qualtagh :- the answers #127495 04/18/04 02:27 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem OP veteran OP jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Here's how you all did. Congratulations AnnaStrophic and dxb. 1. signpost, usually at an intersection of roads, indicating distance to the nearest town in each direction. [Fiberbabe] (consuelo & Sparteye) 2. [Scottish dialect]: forested: traditionally the land around each village is divided into qualtagh (forest), montagh (bog), corn (cultivated) and machair (rough grazing). [hibernicus] (Bingley, Fiberbabe, & wofahulicodoc) 3. (n), Gaelic. A knapsack used by Scottish gamekeepers for storing small items such food and shotgun shells while inspecting their estates. [Capfka] (n/a) 4. A quarter-length shillelagh; made for and used by leprechauns. [Jackie] 5. kindred spirit; doppelgänger [Scots Gaelic] [AnnaStrophic] 6. a measure of volume, more than a peck but not as much as as a bushel. (Gaelic, obviously) [wofahulicodoc] 7. Mythical beast featured in many folk tales of N. American tribes. [Bingley] (Faldage, TEd Remington) 8. One who is always ready; never caught on the back foot. [dxb] (musick) 9. the first person one meets after leaving home on some special occasion. [OED, jheem] (AnnaStrophic, dxb, & tsuwm) 10. A modern quasi-Irish gaelic word meaning discourse about quality issues. [RhubarbCommando] 11. idealism [musick] (etaoin) 12. a small structure, made of wet animals skins stretched over a framework of green wood and then shrunk over a fire, and then used to house provisions. A design of the Ojibway nation. [Sparteye] (Capfka, Coffeebean, hibernicus, & sjmaxq) 13. (n) a slanderer, shrewish person. (from Gaelic qual bad, malicious and tagh tongue, language) [sjmaxq] (RhubarbCommando) I found qualtagh in the OED in my high school library. I was probably a sophomore then. I spent a lot of time in the library, learning about Gothic and Old Saxon (Dutch) by reading etymologies in the OED. I was reading the Q volume. It's a Manx loanword; the only one I know. The OED entry adds: "also, the first person entering a home on New Year's Day; the first-foot." Etymology: Manx, also written <i>quaaltagh</i> < <i>quaail</i> (= Ir. and Gael. <i>comhdháil</i> 'meeting'). <font color=red>edited by jheem to relfect that tsuwm had voted and correctly.] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: qualtagh :- the answers #127496 04/18/04 03:53 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont so am I (a) qualtagh since I'm first to reply? or at least for whomever replies next? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: qualtagh :- the answers #127497 04/19/04 11:07 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK D dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah D Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK Is this a 'special occasion', then? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: qualtagh :- the answers #127498 04/19/04 12:17 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem OP veteran OP jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California I hadn't thought of it before, but on Slashdot, some posters post without thought or comment to new topics so that they can be the first. The contents of their post is usually something along the lines of "First poster!" ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: qualtagh :- the answers #127499 04/19/04 12:35 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I suggest we reserve the term qualtagh for the poster of the first meaningful post. Anyone who posts merely to be first shall be referred to as quantagh. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: qualtagh :- the answers #127500 04/19/04 12:51 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem OP veteran OP jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Anyone who posts merely to be first shall be referred to as quantagh. Great big ! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fraught with danger #127501 04/19/04 12:58 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont so, if I'd left off the smiley, I would be qualtagh, but the smiley makes me quantagh? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fraught with danger #127502 04/19/04 01:21 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem OP veteran OP jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California No, I don't see why smileys aren't meaningful. At least in my universe. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Meanwhile, dxb #127503 04/19/04 01:24 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Who buys the first pint? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Meanwhile, dxb #127504 04/19/04 01:29 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem OP veteran OP jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Isn't it the person who asks about the strange acronym on the pub mirror? Or was that the first person who rings the bell? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 2 1 2 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. 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