[ExI] sturgis - washington post

[William Flynn Wallace]

I could not resist sharing this old headline which I copied from
etymonline.com  bill w

Midway Signs Limey Prof to Dope Yank Talk

 ["Chicago Tribune" headline, Oct. 18, 1924, in reference to the hiring of
William A. Craigie by University of Chicago to begin editing what would
become the "Dictionary of American English"]   from etymonline.com

On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 1:58 PM Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 9:37 AM BillK via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 at 02:51, Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat
> > <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> > <snip>
> > > Unless I'm missing something, it doesn't say the French originated the
> > > term. That was where my disagreement was with you. (The term doesn't
> > > even sound like something the French would originate, does it?)
> > >
> > > But actually I'm wrong too:
> > > https://www.etymonline.com/word/limey
> > >
> > > Then again, maybe not:
> > > https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/limey
> > >
> > > The latter is claiming an earlier origin and a US one. But in neither
> > > case is the term of French origin.
> > > Dan
> > >_________________________
> >
> > The British sailors started drinking lemon juice to avoid scurvy and
> > later switched to lime juice.
> > (The lime juice was much less effective, but ships were travelling
> > faster, so nobody noticed).
> > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limey>
> > The English words 'lemon' and 'lime' originated from the 12thC French
> > word 'limon' which referred to all citrus fruits.
> > That's the only French connection.
>
> Just to be clear:
>
> The English word 'lime' comes directly from French. (Sidenote: French
> has two words for lime: la lime and le citron vert.)
>
> The English word 'limey' does not come directly from French. In fact,
> it comes from English-speaking people -- either from US-Americans or
> from English-speaking people in the Southern Hemisphere (Australians,
> etc.).
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan
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