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Obfuscatory vocabulary. DigiTrad: COUNTRY BOY (2) COUNTRY LIFE Related threads: Lyr Req: Country Life/Hurrah for the Country Life (70) Lyr Add: Old Cock Crows (12) Folklore: Country Life lyric meaning? (16) country life (3) |
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Subject: RE: Obfuscatory vocabulary. From: Dave MacKenzie Date: 29 Jan 10 - 05:51 PM Now obfuscatalogical vocabulary is a different matter. Amazing what you can get away with. |
Subject: RE: Obfuscatory vocabulary. From: katlaughing Date: 29 Jan 10 - 06:39 PM ...but someone tried to cut the bloody thing back. The hedge or the word?**bg** |
Subject: RE: Obfuscatory vocabulary. From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 29 Jan 10 - 06:42 PM Thread 47543. All gone over at least once before. Country Life |
Subject: RE: Obfuscatory vocabulary. From: Bloke from Poole Date: 18 Feb 10 - 07:25 AM <<"Laylum" is a song by Eric Clapton. ...>> I guess that would be the masculine form of Layla, then. which is, of course, entirely consistent with the remainder of the quote: < |
Subject: RE: Obfuscatory vocabulary. From: Howard Jones Date: 18 Feb 10 - 08:24 AM Leeneia, it's not an old word which has lost its meaning, it's still in use today. It's meaning may be obscure if you're not involved in agriculture, but the same applies to many words specific to particular activities. Folk song, and our language generally, would be much poorer if we tried to substitute all the words we don't understand - that's what dictionaries are for. In this particular case, I think much of the problem derives from the original source for "Country Life", which for most people is the Watersons' version. The combination of an unfamilar word, Mike Waterson's broad Yorkshire accent, and slightly unclear diction at that point caused a lot of people to mishear. |
Subject: RE: Obfuscatory vocabulary. From: IanC Date: 18 Feb 10 - 08:30 AM Thanks, Howard. |
Subject: RE: Obfuscatory vocabulary. From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 18 Feb 10 - 10:41 AM I still disagree. There's too much palaver in this world and not enough singing. |
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