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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread British word? #187974 11/25/09 02:36 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie OP Carpal Tunnel OP Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Yesterday I finished reading Watership Down, which I loved. In it, the word hanger is used. The warren is near Nuthanger Farm, and there is a quote from Jane Austen in which she refers to a Northanger (sp.?) Farm; and in a couple of places in the book, the rabbits run into or through a hanger. What IS a hanger, please, in this sense? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: British word? Jackie #187975 11/25/09 05:58 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass 4. (England): A steep, wooded declivity. [wiktionary] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: British word? tsuwm #187976 11/25/09 01:15 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 The English Collins Dictionary gives more specifically: - a wood on a steep hillside, characteristically beech growing on chalk in Southern England. (True Watership Down landscape ) I looked for a connection with the word 'hangar' but there seems to be none. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: British word? BranShea #187980 11/25/09 02:37 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh a wood on a steep hillside Old English hnot is 'bald, smooth' and hnutu 'nut' (link). -(h)anger toponymically means 'a meadow or grassplot, usually by the side of the road' (link). One wonders if the -th- represents a /θ/ or a /t/. Nut-hanger or Nothing-er. [Edited typo.] Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: British word? zmjezhd #187992 11/25/09 09:06 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 Old English is really very 'cool '. Ha! hundeahtotigan = eighty . Wonderful pages! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: British word? BranShea #187997 11/26/09 02:08 AM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand olly old hand olly old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand hundeahtotigan = eighty Somehow I smell a hint of Octogenarian in there! Last edited by olly; 11/26/09 04:10 AM. Reason: sp Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: British word? zmjezhd #187998 11/26/09 02:37 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie OP Carpal Tunnel OP Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Nut-hander or Nothing-er. Yep. This reminded me of a Lapine (rabbit-speak) word in the book that I wondered about the pronunciation of all through; and I believe that I was mispronouncing it in my head: silflay. I tended to think "sil-flay"; but the glossary said that silf means "eat" (silflay = eating outside), so I reckon the author intended it to be pronounced silf-lay. Thanks all for the info. on hanger. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 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 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,318 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 763 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 13 ddrinnan 1 LukeJavan8 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,535 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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