Re: I've been quoted!
- From: Cory Bhreckan <corybhreckan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:56:48 GMT
nebulous wrote:
"James Hogg" <Jas.HoggOUT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ut96i4tgvjf8e3vii9am82l7mdi2j4hm3e@xxxxxxxxxxAs you know, big dictionaries like the Scottish National
Dictionary or the OED illustrate the meanings of words with
genuine quotations.
Today I was amazed to discover, quite by chance, that I have been
quoted (uncredited) in an online dictionary of English aimed at
people in Korea.
Some time ago I wrote a scurrilous poem in answer to a challenge
from Highlander. He started me off with four lines and invited me
to complete the limerick. I produced this:
While Hardy was using the bucket
He fell off, exclaiming, "Ah f*** it!"
For twas now plain to see
That in order to pee
He'd have to get Michael to suck it.
"No sucking for me," quoth our poet.
"I'm good with a chanter - I'll blow it."
With lips clamped together
He burst Hardy's blether
The po it was Michael below it.
The word "blether" there is Scots for "bladder", but our Korean
friends have confused it with the verb "blether", which they
define correctly as "to talk continuously about things that are
silly or unimportant".
The result is rather odd. See for yourselves:
http://engdic.daum.net/dicen/view_detail.do?qalias=EE4379&q=blether
It's not a totally reliable dictionary. Although the word
"bristols, a woman's breasts" is correctly defined, the only
quote where it actually means that is a famous one from Monty
Python. Otherwise it's examples like this:
"Second-hand and classic Bristols are good value considering
their quality, rarity and cost when new."
But it's a dictionary that lists words you won't find anywhere
else. It's got two variants on Mike's netnym: Highgonader and
Highcolander. Sadly, no definitions are provided.
And finally, here's one for Helen:
http://engdic.daum.net/dicen/search.do?endic_kind=all&m=exam&q=fifeshire%20bimbo
That is a pretty strange dictionary. It looks as though SCS is one of their main sources!
Searching for Neb brings up some quotes that are clearly about me, and Highlander does the same for our Highlander. The same is true of Glenallan.
http://engdic.daum.net/dicen/search.do?endic_kind=all&m=exam&q=Josiah%20Jenkins
That Hmmmm is very typical of our Deirdre.
Neb
You don't suppose that we're.... being watched, do you?
--
"For the stronger we our houses do build,
The less chance we have of being killed." - William Topaz McGonagall
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