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• Etymology as a Battlefield: Whitsunday

  
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  By Anatoly Liberman Specialists seldom agree about anything (that is why they are specialists), and in the field of word history few etymologies are final. But today heated controversies regarding the origin of words seldom spill over into the pages of the popular press. At best, concerned individuals write to ...
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• Fine and Dandy (In All Except Etymology)

  
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  By Anatoly Liberman Dandy first made its appearance on the Scottish border and in the 1780’s became current in British slang. Its origin (most probably, dialectal) remains a mystery—a common thing with such words. Etymologists have grudgingly resigned themselves to the idea that dandy goes back to the pet ...
  2 weeks ago

• Good God and Etymology

  
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  By Anatoly Liberman A reader commented on my recent statement that Engl. good and god are unrelated and noted that this statement, in addition to being counterintuitive and undemonstrable, can even lead to schisms. Being a peaceful man, I am very much against all kinds of hostilities. Nor do I think that the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Monthly Gleanings: October 2009

  
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  By Anatoly Liberman The British journals of the Victorian era are an inexhaustible source of elegant phrases, which arouse in me sometimes envy and sometimes amused wonderment. Therefore, while remaining true to that style, I will say that I follow the comments sent to this blog “with appreciative interest, ...
  4 weeks ago

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