http://greengabbro.net/2004/08/18/zucchini-tropes/ rock out to the apparatus Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:13:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://greengabbro.net/2004/08/18/zucchini-tropes/#comment-1358 yami Thu, 19 Aug 2004 13:09:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2004/08/18/zucchini-tropes/#comment-1358 None at all that I know of. Some rocks speak limited Hawaiian but that is easily covered in the introductory coursework for volcanologistes. None at all that I know of. Some rocks speak limited Hawaiian but that is easily covered in the introductory coursework for volcanologistes.

]]> http://greengabbro.net/2004/08/18/zucchini-tropes/#comment-1357 des Thu, 19 Aug 2004 07:58:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2004/08/18/zucchini-tropes/#comment-1357 I want to be a Germaniciste when I grow up, though, so it’s all vair practical. I’m only guessing, but I would imagine that relatively few rocks speak any kind of Romantisch. I want to be a Germaniciste when I grow up, though, so it’s all vair practical. I’m only guessing, but I would imagine that relatively few rocks speak any kind of Romantisch.

]]> http://greengabbro.net/2004/08/18/zucchini-tropes/#comment-1356 yami Wed, 18 Aug 2004 15:50:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2004/08/18/zucchini-tropes/#comment-1356 It’s all from Latin “cucurbita” (or Late Latin “cucutia” which I’m pretending is the same thing) but I don’t pretend to know what happened along the way - I certainly don’t put half the effort into Low Romantish that you put into Scandiwegian. It’s all from Latin “cucurbita” (or Late Latin “cucutia” which I’m pretending is the same thing) but I don’t pretend to know what happened along the way - I certainly don’t put half the effort into Low Romantish that you put into Scandiwegian.

]]> http://greengabbro.net/2004/08/18/zucchini-tropes/#comment-1355 des Wed, 18 Aug 2004 15:26:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2004/08/18/zucchini-tropes/#comment-1355 How is “courg(e)-” like “zuc(c)-”? You’re going to need to frob the voicing _and_ invoke metathesis, surely? As it happens, my fruit ‘n’ veg vocab is pretty negligible in all languages that aren’t Engleesh, as well as some that are. How is “courg(e)-” like “zuc(c)-”? You’re going to need to frob the voicing _and_ invoke metathesis, surely?
As it happens, my fruit ‘n’ veg vocab is pretty negligible in all languages that aren’t Engleesh, as well as some that are.

]]> http://greengabbro.net/2004/08/18/zucchini-tropes/#comment-1354 yami Wed, 18 Aug 2004 15:07:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2004/08/18/zucchini-tropes/#comment-1354 “Zucchini” is a straightforward coinage from Italian, really, and is just the same word as “courgette” if you allow for variation in diminutives. If you put half as much effort into Low Romantish as you do Scandiwegian, you wouldn’t need such redundant mappings “Zucchini” is a straightforward coinage from Italian, really, and is just the same word as “courgette” if you allow for variation in diminutives. If you put half as much effort into Low Romantish as you do Scandiwegian, you wouldn’t need such redundant mappings

]]> http://greengabbro.net/2004/08/18/zucchini-tropes/#comment-1353 des Wed, 18 Aug 2004 14:31:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2004/08/18/zucchini-tropes/#comment-1353 I still have to map that one to “courgette” to have any idea what you lot are on about. When I was a kid we had an allotment and we used to grow courgettes, except we didn’t cos they’d always get left till they were marrow size. As a devout child, of course, I wasn’t having any of that vegetable rubbish anyway. The only veg we grew that I ate was potatoes, and that is pathologically stupid on clay soil, given the price of potatoes. I still have to map that one to “courgette” to have any idea what you lot are on about. When I was a kid we had an allotment and we used to grow courgettes, except we didn’t cos they’d always get left till they were marrow size.
As a devout child, of course, I wasn’t having any of that vegetable rubbish anyway. The only veg we grew that I ate was potatoes, and that is pathologically stupid on clay soil, given the price of potatoes.

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