tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063010246424840403.post4148833966233741138..comments2023-10-03T08:36:22.795+01:00Comments on Words, words, words (and phrases): GimcrackScriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063010246424840403.post-17647275571071435552010-01-14T16:30:23.303+00:002010-01-14T16:30:23.303+00:00The pronounciation varies across the country so I ...The pronounciation varies across the country so I suspect it may do in the US as well. I don't know what the 'official' Oxford English pronounciation is.Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063010246424840403.post-60613803603333489802010-01-14T11:14:49.468+00:002010-01-14T11:14:49.468+00:00I thought it was spelled "geegaw" - unti...I thought it was spelled "geegaw" - until I checked my Webter's and found it to spelled "gewgaw", which does not phonetically agree with the pronounciation I use: long e first syllabe, aw (rhymes with saw) sound in second syllable.<br /><br />How do you pronoune the word? That's what we miss on just defining the word. The spoken sound of a work must also change through the years on different tongues. <br /><br />Here in Alabama we have many indian "place names" that are whites man's way of spelling and saying the word; and, even, French and German words are "Southernized", such as LaFayette (a city named for the famous revolutionary Fr. General) becomes here "la-fay'-it". See, what I mean?Dottiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07047951934548781356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063010246424840403.post-62147168636838386672010-01-13T12:31:55.053+00:002010-01-13T12:31:55.053+00:00I always though 'gejaws' was how this word...I always though 'gejaws' was how this word was spelled? Perhaps there are variations, depending on which part of the country you live?Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063010246424840403.post-48007678099095287022010-01-13T12:03:12.023+00:002010-01-13T12:03:12.023+00:00Gewgaw is our old South choice (but loosing use) t...Gewgaw is our old South choice (but loosing use) to describe a showy trinket, like a cheap souvenir found in a store at touristy destination.<br /><br />When I go to the coast along the Gulf, my nearest beach, I look for little gifts and postcards at a what I call a "gewgaw shop"; however, few younger folks would use the term.Dottiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07047951934548781356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063010246424840403.post-69796320276051164522010-01-13T10:03:04.333+00:002010-01-13T10:03:04.333+00:00I wonder why the racehorse (painted by George Stub...I wonder why the racehorse (painted by George Stubbs) was named Gimcrack then. I had assumed that it was a made up name. Doesn't really seem suitable for a horse. <br /><br />There's a pub in York called the gimcrack. Wishing I'd paid more attention to the sign - presumably it was named after the racehorse.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13624194722106155800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063010246424840403.post-40416857442533622182010-01-12T16:52:00.272+00:002010-01-12T16:52:00.272+00:00I thought my enghish vocabuary quite ok but well r...I thought my enghish vocabuary quite ok but well reading all this I realise I should watch less movies and read more booksLilas Conutshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493019562390769901noreply@blogger.com