Thursday, September 28, 2006

Butterscotch From John Ciardi [posted by Troy] Here some history for you: Butterscotch=candy scratched from the pan Hopscotch=a game scratched into the ground To "scotch" a rumor=to cut, stop, scratch the rumor all of these come from the old French world escocher which means to scrape, to cut, to scratch. This has nothing to do with Scotland. Did you know that the Frequentative form of a word means repeated aciton. For instance, gamble is a frequentative form of game, sniffle is a form of sniff, and waggle is a form of wag. 9:05:15 PM  permanent link  Reader Comments []  Google It!

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