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	Folk etymology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Folk etymology (or popular etymology) is a linguistic term for a category of false etymology which has grown up in popular lore as opposed to one which arose in scholarly usage.
		Folk etymology is particularly imortant because it can result in the modification of a word or phrase by analogy with the erroneous etymology which is popularly believed to be true.
		In this case, 'Folk etymology,' is the trigger which causes the proces of linguistic analogy by which a word or phrase changes because of a popularly-held etymology, or misunderstanding of the history of a word or phrase.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Folk_etymology (362 words)

	ETYMOLOGY - LoveToKnow Article on ETYMOLOGY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This popular etymology, to which the Germans have given the name Volksetymologie or folk-etymology, has had much influence in the form which words take (e.g.
		The full etymology of a word should include the phonetic descent, the source of the word, whether from a native or from a foreign origin, and, if the latter, whether by adoption or adaptation, or, if a formed word, the origin of the parts which go to make it up.
		In the present edition of the Encyclopaedia such full etymologies, which would be necessary and in place in an etymological dictionary, have not been given in every instance, but brief etymological notes are appended, showing in outline the sources and history, and in many cases the development in meaning.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /E/ET/ETYMOLOGY.htm (841 words)

	Fake etymology - encyclopaedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sometimes, these etymologies are then propagated through the culture by others, either because they were taken seriously by mistake, or simply because they enjoyed the joke and wanted to pass it along.
		Fake etymologies — constructed accounts of a word or phrase's history which are incorrect — should be distinguished from folk etymology, the linguistic process by which a word or phrase is modified based on a popular misunderstanding of its origin.
		While "folk etymology" is occasionally encountered as a synonym for "fake etymology", that usage is rare amongst linguists.
	www.fulsi.com /Fake_etymology.html (897 words)

	Haggis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is a weighty sausage, and is traditionally served with "neeps and tatties" which is mashed swede (rutabaga) and mashed potatoes - Scots generally refer to Swedish turnips as 'turnips' rather than 'swedes', hence "neeps".
		This said, the etymology is confusing: the large yellow-orange root vegetable Scots refer to as a turnip is called a swede in those parts of Britain where the small white-purple root vegetable is called a turnip.
		Although there are many recipes, some of which use deer offal, it is normally made with the following ingredients: sheep's heart, liver, and lungs (or "lights"), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock and traditionally boiled in the animal's stomach for several hours.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Haggis (700 words)

	Online Etymology Dictionary
		"having popular appeal," 1926, of individual songs from many genres; 1954 as a genre of its own; abbreviation of popular (q.v.), earlier as a shortened form of popular concert (1862), often in the plural form pops.
		Popularity "fact or condition of being beloved by the people" is first recorded 1601; popularity contest is from 1941.
		Popularize "to make a complex topic intelligible to the people" is from 1833.
	www.etymonline.com /index.php?search=pop&searchmode=phrase (842 words)

	Online Etymology Dictionary
		As a term of endearment for one's lover it is attested perhaps as early as 1839, certainly by 1901; its popularity perhaps boosted by baby vamp "a popular girl," student slang from c.1922.
		Popular association even in ancient times was "dog-like." For nuances of usage of cynicism, see humor.
		Popular in early 1800s as a carriage dog, to trot alongside carriages and guard them in owner's absence.
	www.etymonline.com /index.php?search=popular&searchmode=phrase (2907 words)

	Folk etymology - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Folk etymology (or popular etymology) is a linguistic term for the modification of a word or phrase based on an analogy or an erroneous etymology which is popularly believed to be true.
		In popular usage, the term has also come to mean an "explanation" of the meaning of a word based on its superficial similarity to other words and not on its morphology, documented history or scientifically reconstructible past forms.
		'Folk etymology,' in the linguistic sense, is the process by which a word or phrase changes because of a popularly-held fake etymology, or misunderstanding of the history of a word or phrase.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Popular_etymology (461 words)

	4 Dictionary - Etymology - The Origin Of Words (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Etymology is the study of from where words come.
		The most common way to study etymologies would be to consult dictionaries, etymological dictionaries, slang and dialectical dictionaries, and then the popular press.
		When studying etymologies there are a lot of common mistakes and assumptions made that tend to make the word’s origin seem like something that it is not.
	www.4dictionary.com /articles/etymology (878 words)

	Online Etymology Dictionary
		slang term for "penis." The song naturally was popular with British troops in the colonies, but after the colonials began to win skirmishes with them in 1775, they took the tune as a patriotic prize and re-worked the lyrics.
		The popular rock 'n' roll dance craze is from 1961, but twist was used to describe popular dances in 1894 and again in the 1920s.
		The name was accordingly regarded to be a derivative of Peter and became one of the most popular of girls' names, the vernacular Parnell being still used as a proper name as late as the 18th century in Cornwall" [Reaney].
	www.etymonline.com /index.php?search=popular&searchmode=phrase (2198 words)

	Samhain - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Its meaning is glossed as "summer's end", and the frequent spelling with f suggests analysis by popular etymology as sam "summer" and fuin "sunset, end".
		It is celebrated in the northern hemisphere on October 31 or November 1 and in the southern hemisphere on May 1.
		The holiday, with Beltane, is one of the most popular among Neopagans, and public Samhain rituals invariably attract large gatherings.
	www.grohol.com /wiki/Samhain (1437 words)

	Folk Etymology [Definition]
		Folk etymology (or popular etymology) is a linguistic Broadly conceived, linguistics is the study of human language, and a linguist is someone who engages in this study.
		Fake etymologies — constructed accounts of a word or phrase's history which are incorrect...
		Closely related to the rake is the cad; to call the character a rake calls attention to his promiscuity and wild spending of money; to call the character a cad implies a callous seducer who coldly breaks his victim's heart....
	www.wikimirror.com /Folk_etymology (844 words)

	Etymology
		This etymology and the observation that the attested form is somewhat irregular in terms of it are from:
		The lack of a transparent etymology in Teton and Santee leads to folk etymologies in terms of * s^a=iye=la (~ =naN) a made-up form 'to speak red(ly)', construed to mean 'to speak obscurely, not clearly', by analogy with the real form iye'=ska 'to speak clearly, to speak the local language, to translate'.
		The folk etymology, however, is not parallel in structure to iye'=ska - s^a 'red' precedes ska 'white, clear', for example - and does not explain the h or the diminutive.
	spot.colorado.edu /~koontz/faq/etymology.htm (8609 words)

	Encyclopedia of beverages, cocktails and juices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The popular etymology says that the term derives from such individuals having a red neck caused by working outdoors in the sunlight over the course of their lifetime.
		Another popular theory stems from the use of red bandanas tied around the neck to signify union affiliation during the violent clashes between United Mine Workers and owners between 1910 and 1920.
		The Grand Ole Opry, and Hee Haw are popular entertainments from years past, and they, as well as the entertainers Hank Williams, Grandpa Jones and Jerry Clower, have seen lasting popularity within the redneck community, as well as forging opinions in the minds of those without.
	drinks.paellaman.com /cocktails_and_longdrinks.php?title=Redneck (1184 words)

	QM 4 Paper
		In tracing the etymology of a few contemporary terms denoting emotional reactivity, both historical origins and a trajectory of semantic evolution are suggested.
		This popular understanding, in turn, contributes to the use and explanatory power of a discourse of emotionality.
		Yet the discourse of emotion, or emotionality, is particularly amenable to discursive analysis because of terms referenial slipperiness, as well as the necessity of a prior lexicon and metaphors to articulate and understand ones subjective affective states (Soyland, 1994, p.92).
	www.criticalmethods.org /neves.htm (3200 words)

	Articles - Posh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Popular etymology states the expression originated from the phrase " Port Out, Starboard Home", referred to the most desirable cabin locations on ships travelling to and from British colonies in the Far East.
		The fact that this etymology is only recorded 17 years after the term's earliest known appearance (in the 25 September 1918 issue of Punch) also lends weight to the theory that this etymology is merely apocryphal.
		Posh Spice was the popular name for Victoria Beckham while, and for some time after, she was a member of the Spice Girls group.
	www.sewing-center.com /articles/Posh (304 words)

	Common Errors in Popular Etymology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Popular wisdom often adopts tales about the origins of words.
		This etymology of 'fuck' is incorrect; it instead derives from a Germanic word.
		This etymology of 'posh' is probably incorrect, but its origin is somewhat in doubt.
	www.wordorigins.org /errors.htm (1181 words)

	The Choctaw Expression Okeh and the Americanism Okay
		This popular Americanism has been the subject of intense and at times brutal debate taken up by professional men and women of letters who are eager to engage in the academic equivalent of tearing down any banner which promotes a "wrong" etymology for the expression.
		It was the success of this popular, rowdy, frontier approach to politics that had decided previous elections, and the Harrison partisans decided to exploit (or manufacture) a frontier, rough-and-tumble image for their candidate.
		The study of etymology is the study of the origin and meaning of words, and yet he and Mencken had argued very successfully that the correct etymology of "OK" was the one that egregiously contradicted both these fundamentals.
	www.prairienet.org /prairienations/ok.htm (14270 words)

	RFC 3092 - Etymology of "Foo". D. Eastlake 3rd, C. Manros, E. Raymond.
		RFC 3092 Etymology of "Foo" 1 April 2001 nonsense phrases such as "Notary Sojac" and "1506 nix nix".
		RFC 3092 Etymology of "Foo" 1 April 2001 prevalent in Foochow, of or from the city of Foochow (now Minhow) in southeast China.
		RFC 3092 Etymology of "Foo" 1 April 2001 Appendix Below is a table of RFC occurrences of these words as metasyntactic variables.
	rfc.sunsite.dk /rfc/rfc3092.html (1906 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		etymology: Originally the name for "tribal town," from the Alibamon Indians.
		etymology: Named for the French king Louis XIV by Sieur de La Salle.
		etymology: Originally the state of Franklin, it was named after the Cherokee villages called tanasi.
	members.lycos.co.uk /soupwithfork/south.html (127 words)

	AllWords.com - Dictionary, Guide, Community and More
		This site is less of an etymology site and more of presentation of the word's meaning.
		It features an introduction to etymology, sources of first names in different cultures, and a message board.
		It has other information such as the most popular names, logical names for twins, common elements in the naming process, and an option to vote online for your favorite name.
	www.allwords.com /12wlinks.php (442 words)

	ACONTIUS - LoveToKnow Article on ACONTIUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		ACORN, the fruit of the oak-tree; a word also used, by analogy with the shape, in nautical language, for a piece of wood keeping the vane on the mast-head.
		The etymology of the word (earlier akerne, and acharn) is well discussed in the New English Dictionary.
		It is derived from a word (Goth, akran) which meant " fruit," originally " of the unenclosed land," and so of the most important forest produce, the oak.
	64.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AC/ACONTIUS.htm (1647 words)

	Area51's Community Newspaper: Dark Shadows (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The usual image of a vampire is the pale, romantic gothic figure, attractive and magnetic: an image that has embedded itself in the popular culture for centuries, and has enjoyed a recent resurgence of interest.
		But had you asked the common man five hundred years ago to describe the vampire of his popular myth, the image would have been vastly different, for vampires are a cultural archetype that changes to fit popular need and concerns.
		The Etymology of the Vampire is © 1998 by Helen Steele.
	outer-rim.lweb.net /mythos/6vamp.html (867 words)

	Previous Columns/Posted 01/10/98
		The "drunk as" comparison, of course, is itself a staple of popular speech, and has been ever since one of the first known examples, Chaucer's "drunk as a mouse" of 1386.
		There turns out to be quite a bit of controversy about the origin of "doughboy" as a slang term for a soldier or infantryman, but one certainty is that the term is much older than most people would suspect.
		General George Armstrong Custer's widow mentioned the term in her memoirs written in 1887, explaining that "doughboys" were small doughnuts often served to sailors aboard ship.
	www.word-detective.com /011098.html (1953 words)

	The Mavens' Word of the Day
		In an entry or two of your absolutely enjoyable "Word of the Day" site, you mention that a folk etymology is the process of altering an uncommon word or element to conform it to one that's better known (for instance, the "cater" in catercorner becoming "kitty" in kitty-corner).
		Though one could define the linguistic term folk etymology broadly as 'any popular misconception about the origins of a word or phrase, esp. one resulting in modification', it would be best to divide it up into two separate senses.
		There is some overlap in these senses, since a popular but false notion of the origin of a word can give rise to a modification of the word.
	www.randomhouse.com /wotd?date=19970415 (435 words)

	Popular Etymology
		The Oxford English Dictionary reserves its most withering scorn for the peddlers in popular etymology.
		The popular etymology is, as usual in such cases, supported by an idle tale; however the chemist Basil Valentine is from the end of the 15th century, and the word was already used by Constantinus Africanus of Salerno at the end of the 11th century.
		A person needs not blush because he cannot help betraying he is a Scotchman or an Irishman; but it may nevertheless be an object of ambition to prove that his circle of intercourse has extended much beyond his native place.
	www.wischik.com /damon/Texts/popetym.html (578 words)

	Etymologie, Étymologie, Etymology - UK Großbritannien, Grande-Bretagne, United Kingdom of Great Britain ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin "passi", "passin-" = "sufferings of Jesus" or a martyr; from Late Latin, physical suffering, martyrdom, sinful desire, from Latin, an undergoing, from "passus", past participle of "pat" = "to suffer".
		Although some references explain its etymology as being from old French "hutaudeau", meaning a "pullet" ("a young hen"), the derivation was in fact "hétoudeau" or "hétourdeau" which was "a capon" ("a fattened cock fowl").
		Etymology: From a conversation between Charles II and Samuel Pepys when stories were told of strange things seen abroad which the Court could not credit.
	www.linklistlabor.info /~e/u_/uk-_schot.html (4256 words)

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		In the April 11, 1975 column of his regular series, "The Straight Dope," Cecil Adams traced the etymology of the word "joint" as slang for a marijuana...
	www.technorati.com /tags/etymology (523 words)

	etymology -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Although the etymologizing of proper names appears in the Old Testament and Plato dealt with etymology in his dialogue...
		The supplying of etymologies involves such difficult decisions for a lexicographer as whether words should be carried back into prehistory by means of reconstructed forms or the degree to which...
		Collection of educational resources on the etymology of the French language.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article?tocId=9274221 (464 words)

	Fun with Etymology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The popular tale behind this phrase's origin is that a medieval law specified the weight of loaves of bread and any baker who shorted a customer was in for dire punishment.
		Popular etymology says that it derives from a particular act of nepotism in the British government.
		The word orignates from the practice in medieval times to ring a bell at fixed time in the evening as an order to bank the hearths and prepare for sleep.
	britpoptart.diary-x.com /journal.cgi?entry=20030302 (4645 words)

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