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Ar an tri|| l|i de m|! M|-an F||mhair, scr|!obh Aidan Kehoe:

The rCLmisled beforerCY was about 2006 when I used the word rCLescumarCY in Spanish,
having learned it from the etymology section of rCLscumrCY of the OED, where it
documented that the rCLThe Teut. word was adopted in Rom. as OF. escume (mod.
F. |-cume), Pr., Sp. Pg. escuma, It. schiuma.rCY

The native speaker of Spanish to whom I used it did not recognise it, and indeed rCLescumarCY is not a Spanish word, though it exists in Portuguese. (I
cannot comment on Proven|oal.) rCLSchiumarCY exists.

I sent them an email at that point and didnrCOt hear anything back. IrCOm not
expecting to hear anything back regarding rCLescumarCY close on two decades out.
I donrCOt have access to the current OED (now I look the local county library
does have access, so I may call in to them in Letterkenny next time IrCOm up there in four weeks and join) and the free excerpts on the website do not stretch to the etymology of rCLscum.rCY If someone has the energy and the access, please report back and clarify if that error is still there.

I now have access to the current OED (thank you Donegal County Libraries) and can report that it still lists a Spanish word rCyescumarCO in the
etymology for rCyscum.rCO

It now says rCythe Germanic word was adopted ...rCO rather than rCythe Teutonic word
was adoptedrCO so the entry has been revised. This is dispiriting.

I apologise I cannot remember who it was, but let me thank whoever mentioned they had access to the current OED through Manchester library, that prompted me to arrange this.
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rCyAs I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stoutrCO
(C. Moore)
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Aidan Kehoe:

I apologise I cannot remember who it was, but let me thank whoever mentioned they had access to the current OED through Manchester library, that prompted me
to arrange this.

When my local library revoked OED access about 10 years ago, I opened an account with a library in Manchester, a city I'd never been to. I think
it was Ray (musika) who suggested it. The "temporary" login still works
-- I suppose everything's temporary in the end -- but I've since moved
to a Glasgow library account for the free newspapers. At least I've
lived there before.
--
John
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Richard Tobin:

I have recently acquired several hundred uncirculated 1967
(pre-decimal) pennies. Does anyone have a suggestion for what to do
with them?

Give them away to a bride and groom for a wedding scramble:

<https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/scrammle>
--
John
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