We need more Romani learners my grand parents were from London originally when we came to America my mother said her great grand parents use to speak a bit of Romani but she never learned it and wish she knew her native tongue
I’d always recommend Dick’s short storys over his novels for someone coming in cold. The notes featured in this collection make it even more approachable.
This video perfectly encapsulates how it feels like to go on a trip of looking-for-a-word's-definition then accidentally derailing and spending the next half hour stumbling through wikipedia articles, I absolutely love it
I understood that “irregardless” was meant to be used as a subject ender, regardless of all the information you’ve provided. Irregardless, I think we should focus on the excessive use of the word “too.”
My dad was from Elephant and Castle. The traditional East End working class holiday was to do week or two hop or fruit picking in Kent. The Romani pretty much travelled around doing seasonal work on farms, country fares and even showmanship. He knew quite a lot of Romani words due to spending time with them.
As an Indian, and an ncc army wing cadet, you will see khaki everywhere. They might be different tones but they're the same sandy brown type colour. Even within the ncc troops khakis have a different tone. For some reason the manufacturers of our khaki uniforms can't match the colour. Either way, youll see khaki uniforms almost everywhere in India. Police, bus drivers, auto drivers, postmen etc.
I speak Romanus very very good in the call The Rush dialect the word lowly refers to Something red PA bye literally means Apple when you combine the two it says red apple the English do not pronounce it correctly they say a lollipop this man Tim is correct
I thought it was refreshing to read a story that stands against the whole "humanity spreading across the universe" idea. Earth is our only home. And it takes a WHOLE LOT MORE than just a rocky planet in the Goldilocks Zone with liquid water for us to survive. While I don't personally want it to be reality, It's mostly likely true that we will never travel and colonize other star systems.
This made me think of the Osiris myth in Ancient Egypt, where Osiris was tricked by his brother Seth to lay down in a trunk and basically Seth killed Osiris & threw the box in the water and it ended up in Lebanon where it grew into a beautiful, magical tree. The king cut off the tree trunk and used it as a pillar in his palace until Osiris's wife & sister Isis came and asked for the pillar/trunk to rescue Osiris. TLDR: Osiris is linked to both a box and a tree in Ancient Egypt, though etymologically there might not be a connection.
@@TimSmithWordSmith Sure. I collected a few words for you that is mainstream everyday swedish words that is said to have Romani origins. Tjej = girl. Pucko - Moron / Dumbass, Puffra = Pistol, Bira = Beer, Haja = understand/ get a grip of something, Sno = Steal/take something, Usch! = Yuck!, Jycke = Pooch!, Ball = Cool (like hes cool or thats a cool song) Bast = Years, Tutte - Booby (also used in Sweden for passifier) , Vischan = Boondocks/ being in the bush ( country side) There is many more slang words too and words i probably missed. Somewhere i have a romani chib / swedish dictionary that contains alot of romani loan words to swedish. Its very fascinating. Edit: Lattjo - Fun Gola - Snitch Nobba - To reject Pröjsa = to pay. Some of these words is probably spelled differently in romani. Keep in mind all these words started as slang words that has been integrated into our language. But theyre old
Intensifiers like this have been used likely as long as language has been a thing. Of course, that means there will always be a section of the language speakers who object to this. I’m sometimes irritated by it, but mostly because it spills from the mouths of young posh kids. I think the basic mechanic of it is the same as Dad jokes. You say it with irony first, then it becomes habit. By the time it’s fallen into normal use, you’re just using it, stripped of all of its wry meaning. I have no doubt that you and I are subject to these same forces.
Followed for citizen hobbyist etymology!!!! Do you have any degree, or like me just feel really intense about word history and neogism aka, etymology in the present tense? Haha there is the neogism of They as anon or androgynous or They as you literally think the voice in your head makes you plural XD there are defininitely two things there, and only one of them is valid. Its not the latter! Actual MPD multiple personality disorder, aka you feel you are plural in your brain, or BPD, where you act differently when any specific single other person is in the room, are crippling conditions worthy of pity and support and "I see you," not almost delusory and offending respect, when ye ent got yer own shit together mate. And even civil about this whole disagreeing nonsense, practically liberal in this day and age of dwindling democracy.
I typically think of maverick as *almost* a straight sinonym of rogue. It certainly has that sense of wild actions, not taking orders, and at least potential for skulduggery. But yea is a bit more in the connotation they differ. Rogues may or may not be mercenary, bought, and or might hang out in a gang. Mavericks by definition are loners and do not take orders whatsoever. Also for some reason when you say maverick its sort of noble on the baseline, while rogue is not. You can say maverick soldier and it would be bad because by definiton they work together. Rogue congressman, hey! Someone who won't kowtow to bullshit! But the bare words have a neutral rest at slightly good and slightly bad.
@@TimSmithWordSmith XD oh, ye can tell? I don't really agree with the connotation but I'll report it honestly, the copaganda (Miami Vice, Special Victims Unit, etc) shows for sure love the word.
American here! Back when I was a tiny lad of 15! I played Dragon Quest 8 and frankly the Joke of the King sneaking up on Yangus and him jumping in surprise and saying Cor Blimey always stuck in my head (that I do it myself, despite being well american and rarely around anything UK related, it's one of those things that stays with you in your brain from your childhood I guess) but I was always curious on what it mean! Happy to finally have that answered now after so many decades (36 as of this year)
Great comment, thank you! I’m glad I’ve been of service! I always like gaming related anecdotes as I still find it a great way to settle my mind. I’m currently doing shorter content, but am always happy for suggestions on words/phrases to cover in the future.
Interesting vid 👍 To me put a sock in it is a jokey way of referring to someone to be quiet. Not a phrase I think I have ever used. Interestingly it doesn't make me think of someone being abducted as it does you, probably because to me it just seems a relatively harmless if somewhat odd phrase. But yes, one of those phrases that once you start thinking about it is pretty interesting.
@@TimSmithWordSmith lol. Yes, me too re crime dramas. I even remember the Red Hang gang which dates me. So, put a sock in it, not something I really associate with abduction. However if I am in a DIY shop and see a roll of duct tape then that definitely puts me in mind of a kidnap scene. Can't think of any idioms or phrases relating to duct tape though 😂
Friday Twenty-Fourth of February Two Thousand And Twenty-Three. 06.30am. Dear Sir/Madam. Good-morning. How are you? I hope you are well. My Father, always used this "Cor blimey .."I never realized it is a British saying. 😐 I thought, he had made up (invented two words). Thank you for your video. 🌹 Mr Francesca Al Kray.
I was told it came from the self admonishment god blind me. Which was considered something you didn’t say in public for religious reasons. So cor blimey or for Blumey was considered a mild oath. Much as god fearing Irish Catholics say the word feck. Instead of you know what.😅😅😅😅
Remarkable! Splendid stuff from our friend Tim. Don't be flustered by his, sometimes brusque manner. Our sesqipedalian speaker's brusquery is no more than a ribald condiment - mere pepper on top of the friendly fried egg of his charm and obvious erudition. Mr.T is definitely a chap but, by no means is he cheap. Hats off, gentlemen, and ladies!
I thought your name might be a clue. Sadly ‘Peckish’ doesn’t have a Romani root. That’s not to say that it wasn’t used by Romani as a loan word for ‘hungry’ though.
Actually calling it "duck tape" is a return to the original. Duck tape was originally made with cotton duck, a heavy canvas. The original duck tape started around the turn of the 20th century and was adhesive free. It was used for everything from insulating and weatherproofing cables to creating clothing and home decor. During WWII it was made with adhesive. After being found to be (very temporarily) effective at repairing HVAC duct-work, it started to be called "duct tape" in the late 1960's. We have since found it be very bad under hot, dry conditions, so it is used for ducts much less often.
First of all, thank you for watching the video that far into the run-time! Second, you are of course right. It’s always fun to be sent back into a bit of research you did years ago and discover something new to add to the story. Thank you!
In this video Your talking between a few different dialects in romaness Hotchin Tan - stoping place Chavo - Boy Chavi - Girl Glata - Baby / infant Lacho - Good Cushti - good but different dialect Not dinlo , it’s dinler or dinla - fool Jel - is the third person to go Ja- is to go or jav meaning you Lulow-poppy - red apple Lulu’gee - red rose or flower Pral - better way to pronounce the word brother
@@TimSmithWordSmith Yeh there is a few Kalderash Sinte Ramungari Lovari Indian/Rajasthan Rumness Spanish Gitano French Gitan English Rumness All very very similar in language but some word differ with the dialect Like for example - Teeth 🦷 Kalderash Roma - Dant English Roma -Danya Indian/Raj - Dan The root word is the same , but the dialect changes the ending or grammar O del swencol tumen 👍🙏
