Re: picnic
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, September 15, 2000, 2:07 |
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On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 09:40:59 +0930 Adrian Morgan
<morg0072@...> writes:
> > According to the dictionary, no. Apparently it was spelled pique-
> > nique in French, has no etymology to speak of, and was adopted
> into
> > other languages at will. Amusingly enough, English got picnic
> (which
> > doesn't look too English), whereas Dutch and German got picknick
> > (which has an English feel in either language).
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Hmmm....._nique_ or _neek_ in NYC-Metro Judeo-Syrian Slang means "to have
sexual intercourse". I remember mentioning this before, and someone
responded that they've heard of it also, but from a different
group....was it Lebanese? Algerians? who also use it...
-Stephen (Steg)
"mai hhazit?!"