Re: OT: Slang, curses and vulgarities
| From: | Steven Williams <feurieaux@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, January 29, 2005, 18:28 |
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--- "J. 'Mach' Wust" <j_mach_wust@...> schrieb:
> Intensifiers that originate in the vulgar language
> may become part of the
> unmarked, educated standard one day, as has happened
> e.g. in the German word
> _sehr_ 'much': It's original meaning is still
> preserved in English _sore_,
> and there are some German dialect that still
> preserve that use alongside the
> standard German one.
Wow, that's interesting! I was wondering where 'sehr'
came from, or whether there were an English cognate,
and it turns out to be 'sore'. That fits perfectly.
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