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Don't call it "the tray"!
Curt:
Curt - just goes to show how smart you have to be to have a good command of the English Language! :Thmbsup: -CleverCat (April 25, 2007, 06:57 AM)
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In fact the two most difficult languages in the world are said to be Danish and Japaneese.
- Did you know that the English language has some 500 words from Danish...? ;)
A Nordic example (Danish, Dutch, German, English, Norwegian, Swedish and Icelandic):
Renegade:
As yet another example, the origin of the word "f**k" comes from a word meaning "to thrust", as in to thrust with a sword. (Old Anglo-Saxon) -Renegade (April 25, 2007, 05:11 PM)
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here is another source that traces the origin via a Scandinavian derivation of "focka" meaning to copulate.. :)
-lanux128 (April 26, 2007, 09:05 PM)
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One of the most common probably derives from the same root as the Norwegian word fukka and the Swedish focka (to copulate), and was first recorded in the early 16th century.
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That helps put things in perspective historically and it's easier to see how the original "to thrust / to stab" evolved into "focka/fukka" with that meaning, and then to our modern sense of it now.
And who said linguistics or history was boring? :)
lanux128:
And who said linguistics or history was boring?-Renegade (April 27, 2007, 08:02 PM)
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yes, it doesn't have to be.. just check here..
Maggy160:
Webster online dictionary:
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=fuck
Etymology: akin to Dutch fokken to breed (cattle), Swedish dialect fokka to copulate
The Dutch verb is much older than the Swedish one and has no relation with the old English word for to thrust as far as I can find.
Some other words "borrowed" from Dutch:
apartheid easel cookie dapper dock landscape sketch still life filibuster loafer slim scrabble Santa Claus scone snoopy yacht yankee
and some things the English think about us...
Dutch courage: courage from a bottle
Dutch uncle: suger daddy
Dutch wife: pillow
Dutch gold: fools gold
Double Dutch : you know...
Dutch treat, Dutch party, Dutch auction....
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