| Title: | Welcome to Friends! |
| Moderator: | POWDML::VENTURA |
| Created: | Mon Mar 09 1992 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 437 |
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Guess this sorta could be a follow up on Foreign tongues maybe :-)
Anyways I personally find it interesting to know where certain
words or expressions found their origin...Language trivia so
to speak....
TJ
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 268.1 | saboutage/sabotage | MARCM3::TLOTTUM | Never trust a VAXmale | Fri Dec 09 1994 16:04 | 13 |
Ok first one...got this out of one of the Star Trek movies so
dont quote me on it...but it sounds plausible to me!
Sabotage (or saboutage) where does it come from?
During the industrial revolution in France, the farmers protested
against the new machinery and tried destroying them by throwing
their wooden shoes (in french sabou) into the engines...
hence the word "saboutage" or "sabotage"
Sounds logical?
TJ
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| 268.2 | sabo-tage | KAOFS::C_PLANT | It had to be you... | Fri Dec 09 1994 16:18 | 10 |
Yeah TJ i liked that one...
Do you note In star_trek as well? I think a number of us are in there
too!
Chris
:)
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| 268.3 | cul de sac | KAOFS::C_PLANT | It had to be you... | Fri Dec 09 1994 16:20 | 12 |
here's one to think about...french expressions which are ridiculous
when translated into English:
Cul de sac ---> means dead end..but directly translates to:
BUM OF BAG
Chris
:)
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| 268.4 | MARCM3::TLOTTUM | Never trust a VAXmale | Fri Dec 09 1994 16:28 | 5 | |
:-) nope dont note in Star Trek..dont have much time as it is!
Bum of bag huh *LAUGH* sounds almost as logical as mine! :-))
TJ
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| 268.5 | Sabot & not Sabou | BIS1::DEWANDRE | Tue Dec 13 1994 15:58 | 4 | |
rep to .1 In french shoes made of wood is "sabot" and not "sabou" ==> sabotage seems OK | |||||