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Kim Lomax
Joined: 23 Jun 2005
Posts: 8
Location: London
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| Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 3:17 pm
Post subject: Join the BBC Wordhunt. Your Language Needs You! |
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You might be interested to know that the BBC Wordhunt was
launched just over a week ago and can be found at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wordhunt. This appeal is at the heart of a major
new series being made by Takeaway Media for BBC 2 in the UK, in
conjunction with the Oxford English Dictionary.
We are appealing to members of the public to help us rewrite the
dictionary by identifying the origin and first usage of 50 words and
phrases. These range from mullet to minger, and from boffin to bomber
jacket. For a full list visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/wordhunt or
http://www.oed.com/bbcwordhunt.
So far we have received an excellent response and have antedated
several terms already, but the debate is still raging over the Full
Monty and Codswallop. Can you help?
Yours in anticipation,
Kim Lomax
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David
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| Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:10 pm
Post subject: Re: Join the BBC Wordhunt. Your Language Needs You! |
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In article <1119518249.360946.216600@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
Kim Lomax <kim@takeawaymedia.co.uk> wrote:
| Quote: | We are appealing to members of the public to help us rewrite the
dictionary by identifying the origin and first usage of 50 words and
phrases. These range from mullet to minger, and from boffin to bomber
jacket. For a full list visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/wordhunt or
http://www.oed.com/bbcwordhunt.
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Some of the dates seem surprisingly late. "Pass the parcel" not
recorded in print before 1967?
1975 for "mushy peas" is not at all astonishing as we Northern
consumers of this great delicacy were completely illiterate until then.
--
http://www.dacha.freeuk.com/gay/14-0.htm
I think I'll just sit down and ponder,
What I'd do with a much longer tail... |
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John of Aix
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| Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 1:50 am
Post subject: Re: Join the BBC Wordhunt. Your Language Needs You! |
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David wrote:
| Quote: | In article <1119518249.360946.216600@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
Kim Lomax <kim@takeawaymedia.co.uk> wrote:
We are appealing to members of the public to help us rewrite the
dictionary by identifying the origin and first usage of 50 words and
phrases. These range from mullet to minger, and from boffin to
bomber jacket. For a full list visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/wordhunt
or http://www.oed.com/bbcwordhunt.
Some of the dates seem surprisingly late. "Pass the parcel" not
recorded in print before 1967?
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I agree, I played this in the early fifties and I'm sure it could be
found in many a 'how to keep your kids amused' book
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