Interesting Words (moved from Games)

Iáson

Cívis Illústris

  • Civis Illustris

'Smalt'.
 

Clemens

Aedilis

  • Aedilis

Location:
Maine, United States.
Perhaps if we tried to make an English cognate it would be something like *Mannishworthing?
 

Iáson

Cívis Illústris

  • Civis Illustris

theodiscē Knoblauch (=ālium): Knob- ~ angl. clove (=nucleus āliī), Lauch = angl. leek (=porrum).
anglicē clove (=nucleus āliī) nōn habet eandem orīginem ac clove (= genus arōmatis). illud uocābulum est germānicum (ut suprā), hoc latīnum (< clāua).
 

Clemens

Aedilis

  • Aedilis

Location:
Maine, United States.
I've never heard it before, oddly enough, because it seems like something my great-grandparents would have said.
One weird thing they and my grandparents did was to put the word enough in a place that seems weird or archaic. Have you wood enough?
 

Clemens

Aedilis

  • Aedilis

Location:
Maine, United States.
It's sometimes heard over here. At least in the Midlands.
Yes, I've noticed that a lot of the features of my elders' speech can be heard in regional UK speech. I can't hear someone say "pray tell" or "go it" without thinking of the old folks.
 
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