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It's 4.50am and I am troubled by thoughts:
Is it possible that marmalade is actually an outmoded form for which marmaload would be more current?
Her toast was marmaladen?
She marmaloaded another slice?
Am I hopelessly marmalost?
Whether that's right or not, I like it very much! I thought perhaps marmalade meant something (oranges!) squished up, bashed, and that the verb to marmalade, meaning to bash came first, but apparently the word comes from Portuguese marmelo, a quince. That quotation from L'enfant is very interesting. |
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« Reply #271 on: 12:39:31, 01-10-2007 » |
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We have often vaguely wondered about Marmaladoff in Crime and Punishment, but never seen an explanation. Was the name Dostoyeffsky's idea of a jape, or is it somehow serious?
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« Reply #272 on: 14:47:40, 01-10-2007 » |
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It's 4.50am and I am troubled by thoughts:
Is it possible that marmalade is actually an outmoded form for which marmaload would be more current?
I like that, Kitty  'Marmaladen': The fate of being weighed down by crushed quinces. (Almost as bad as poor old Sisyphus.) |
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« Reply #273 on: 15:05:18, 01-10-2007 » |
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Someone ask for some etymology?
(According to the OED...) from the portuguese word for quince, marmelo, for quince marmalade for which the term "marmelada" was first use. The dictionary provides a rather lengthy commentary on what exact type of quince the Portuguese were talking about, and the associations that it might have with other words, but that is not too relevant.
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« Reply #274 on: 15:08:19, 01-10-2007 » |
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Ahem. apparently the word comes from Portuguese marmelo, a quince |
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It's 4.50am and I am troubled by thoughts:
Is it possible that marmalade is actually an outmoded form for which marmaload would be more current?
I like that, Kitty 'Marmaladen': The fate of being weighed down by crushed quinces. (Almost as bad as poor old Sisyphus.) Bother! said Pooh as he chambered another round. Now I shall have to go and look up Greek mythology again to see whether it really was a giant quince. And perhaps I should check the stories surrounding Hercules in case (predictably) I am getting confused again. |
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« Reply #276 on: 15:25:07, 01-10-2007 » |
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Pooh as he did what?!?
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« Reply #277 on: 15:31:04, 01-10-2007 » |
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Pooh as he did what?!?
Said Pooh as he did what?!?, please. |
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« Reply #278 on: 15:52:13, 01-10-2007 » |
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Ahem. apparently the word comes from Portuguese marmelo, a quince oops |
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« Reply #279 on: 16:00:12, 01-10-2007 » |
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Earth.  Actually I think it's EARTH. <nerr-ner-ner-nerr-nerr emoticon> |
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« Reply #280 on: 16:22:45, 01-10-2007 » |
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People love government paid-for education here in Ireland. But the universities want to introduce fees. And so you have campaigners saying that they want to keep "free fees". Seriously: it's their term of choice when talking about the issue.
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« Reply #281 on: 17:42:41, 01-10-2007 » |
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Since this is a music board, does anyone have anything to say about the music of Burma?
Isn't it a radio station board? |
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« Reply #282 on: 21:33:07, 01-10-2007 » |
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OK then - does any one have anything to say about the Radio Stations of Burma?
Tommo
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« Reply #283 on: 22:34:07, 01-10-2007 » |
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But seriously, what the hell is 'time-is-now' about?  I think you'll find that is 'time_is_now', actually. Tommo |
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« Reply #284 on: 22:38:20, 01-10-2007 » |
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Well, excuse_me_mister_smartie_pants_227-year_old! I bow to your greater experience. |
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