Snails - Response on Threads

[NGAHaze]

Flyby ~~~~~@Snails

Hiya Katya!! Nice to see the cute little birdy flying around again!

Haze

 

[FranC]

Good morning Pretty Bird.

 

[FranC]

Morning, Haze

 

[Katya]

Have a great day Haze, Fran!

It's past my bedtime... again.

And I'm gone.

 

[FranC]

Sweet dreams, Kat.

 

[AttyPops]

Good morning snails. Cloudy and dark here....sigh. Autumn soon.

Buuuut....cider and doughnuts time is always a good thing.

Trivia: Who put the "n" on the end of Autumn?






Answer: Autumn is from late Middle English: from Old French Autompne , or later directly from Latin Autumnus.
So basically blame the French. French->Latin->Middle English

The Germanic languages use some form of "Fall"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autumn#Etymology

 

[FranC]

Morning, Atty.

 

[tiburonfirst]

morning, y'all!


hmmm, 'herbst' is some kind of 'fall'? way too early to think about that

 

[AttyPops]

Per that link above:

The alternative word fall for the season traces its origins to old Germanic languages. The exact derivation is unclear, with the Old English fiæll or feallan and the Old Norse fall all being possible candidates. However, these words all have the meaning "to fall from a height" and are clearly derived either from a common root or from each other. The term came to denote the season in 16th century England, a contraction of Middle English expressions like "fall of the leaf" and "fall of the year".[11]

Note the plural in languages...so maybe not from Old German in particular.

 

[AttyPops]

Ah Ha!

Herbst - Wiktionary
From Old High German herbist (An herbalist...one who uses leaves n such for medicine...so probably some ancient link to leaves falling all over the place).

 

[tiburonfirst]

thanks, atty - that's clearer now!

 

[CES]

Good morning

 

[tiburonfirst]

morning, ces!

 

[AttyPops]

I just always thought the "n" thing was strange. Decided to look it up. lol.

Internet...info at fingertips. Some of it is probably correct too.

 

[Koman]

Morning, how are you all doing today?

 

[tiburonfirst]

I just always thought the "n" thing was strange. Decided to look it up. lol.

Internet...info at fingertips. Some of it is probably correct too.

haha - you lucky thing! if you always found it strange that means your formative years were not darkened by the specter of a latin teacher!

 

[tiburonfirst]

morning, koman! whatcha doing across the channel?

 

[AttyPops]

Very true. Also kinda sad in a way since so many words derive from it. Maybe we should teach English differently.

Good morning Koman.

 

[tiburonfirst]

woohoo! my chocolates are moving south! laurel, md - should be at my doorstep tomorrow!

 

[AttyPops]

Note they neglected to mention "The mailbox method".