[ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal

[Liam Proven]

On 18 August 2010 16:23, Grant Sewell <dcglug at thymox.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:16:57 +0100
> Liam Proven wrote:
>
>> > Edgy Eft. Edgy, damned right it was. WTF is an Eft?
>>
>> A small newt. I thought everyone knew that.
>>
>> By the way, "an eft" became "an ewt" during one of English's many
>> upheavals, then "an ewt" became a "a newt", in a reversal of the way
>> that "a nadder" became "an adder" and "a napron" became "an apron".
>
> My favourite is "a norange" -> "an orange". :)

Oooh yes. From /naranja/ - orange in Spanish. I was trying to remember
that, but got it muddled up with al Abriqoc - an Arabic word that
mutated into "apricot".

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