Re: grockle
From: Peter T. Daniels (grammatim_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 12/18/04
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Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 14:50:56 GMT
Pieter Z. wrote:
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> "benlizross" <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
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> > Unclassifiable things, objets, trinkets...I guess chachkas is not that
> > different. For me it suggests things of uncertain purpose or value
> > that your elderly uncle brought back from the Far East and that sit on
> > shelves gathering dust.
>
> And a fine explanation too, the kind of thing no dictionary will tell
> you. Thanks.
But "gewgaw" is dialectal/obsolete in the US. Is it current in the
Southeastern hemidemisphere? (is there a Gk prefix for 1/4?)
-- Peter T. Daniels grammatim@att.net
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