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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Re: A high old time #98462 03/14/03 11:14 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park some more Dutch words... stoop ... (NY specifically, other metro areas too,) a set of steps at the front entry way to a house or apartment building. kids would hang out, or people might sit and loiter on the stoop. cookie is also from the dutch, it is a diminutive of the dutch word for cake. (so a cookie is a small cake) Kill (n), a marsh land. last week there was a big fire in staten island at a transfer terminal, a gas barge caught on fire, and burned for almost 2 days.. (it was at first thought to be sabatoge, but it was quickly established to be an accident.) it occured at the Arthur's Kill harbor. there are several 'Kills" about NYC. Trap Rock a kind of basalt that forms step like structures, such as the "devils stepping stones" (Norther Ireland) and the Palisades in NY/NJ area. Trap is the dutch for stairs (the http://www.Engrish.com site (Japanese fractured english) has a photo of an emergency stair way labeled "Trap Exit". the first "english/japanese" dictionary (back in the 1500's) was created from a Dutch/Japanese dictionary, and some dutch words still exist in 'japanese' engrish. coffee klatch is also a dutch term for a coffee social event. (similar to "a tea") Sabotage--see words with an interesting etemology, below the fold..... my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: boulevard #98463 03/14/03 11:45 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... In reply to: It came through French to get here, but boulevard is from the Dutch. ~Faldage How did that come about? Directly or movin' and forth across a language boulevard? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: boulevard #98464 03/14/03 11:54 PM Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina S sjm old hand sjm old hand S Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina From M-W on CD: --------------- Etymology:French, modification of Middle Dutch bolwerc bulwark Date:1769 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: boulevard #98465 03/15/03 12:00 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... sjm: Well, slap my face and call me Sally! To think boulevard came from bulwark! Now this is an interesting bit of old news! This puts a new slant on how I'll look at the Confederate monument on Monument Avenue where Monument crosses the Boulevard! Thanks for that bit of research. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Delft? #98466 03/15/03 01:05 AM Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 247 W wordminstrel enthusiast wordminstrel enthusiast W Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 247 The first is the word fuck in its literal meaning and the other is fucking as a general intensifier. Huh? [You've got to be a "Carpal Tunnel" to get away with that without notice.] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Delft? #98467 03/15/03 01:41 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont like fucking huh, you know? fuckin' cool... it is so strange to write that word... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Delft? #98468 03/15/03 08:21 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 got to be a "Carpal Tunnel" What's the problem? We discuss words, here. Well, sometimes. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Deft #98469 03/15/03 04:46 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago The first is the word fuck in its literal meaning and the other is fucking as a general intensifier. 1 - "Fuck" has a literal meaning? How can it possibly, given its *current usage, do so? A - General intesifier? Fuck you! It's always very specific. 'Fucking' is intense but never general. * - OK, you did say "relatively" recently. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Deft #98470 03/15/03 04:52 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont what the fuck? intensifier as in adjective: that's fucking awesome... fuckin' A, man... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Deft #98471 03/15/03 04:54 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago intensifier as in adjective: I stand fucking corrected. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 3 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. 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