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rotgutIt's probably just to rot (> Old English rotian) and gut (> PIE * gheu- 'to pour a libation', cf. German gießen 'to pour; cast'). Not to be confused with Rotwelsch 'argot, cant, Gaunersprache'.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Not to be confused with Rotwelsch 'argot, cant, Gaunersprache'. but of course.
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Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Rot gut is used in the States as well, to indicate an alcohol of poor quality. Or in Hungary to indicate a good German red wine.
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Gosh, I always thought it was called that because it could rot your gut.
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Rot gut is used in the States as well, to indicate an alcohol of poor quality. Are there any other words you use where "rot"is used as a sort of pseudo prefix? I'm interested because we use it as a prefix often: rotzooi, rotziekte, rotvent,rotgedoe,rotzak,rotdag.etc. the rot-part coming from the same source:rotten --- bad quality. Rotdag : a bad quality day. Rotgedoe: bad quality doings. Rotwelsh: interesting ZM .
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> Rotwelsch
great name for a band.
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Are there any other words you use where "rot"is used as a sort of pseudo prefix?
I don' think so. I believe rotgut is a simple compound word, of the form V + N, along the lines of pickpocket and cutthroat. It's interesting how some words get a life of their own as Dutch rot.
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Yes, I think it would, too.
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Ray: Thank you for that input. Am I not correct that a recent report tells us the practice is stil prevalent in the Australian Navy
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