European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Geographic legacy of language mint drum no of lit can from Lime Iii. Byjoe Waschenbach National geographic chinese seaport is an abduction by drugging an ancient greek Village an endurance cantos. A Pacific atoll becomes the brie Lesl of bathing suits. And a turkish fiver aimless wanderings state spa Rimat i cog rather George j. Demko started collecting s no gems several years ago alter his daughter asked what a Donnybrook is. That Irish place Hume made me curious about what other geographic a wines had passed into everyday the rough Rowdy Light or free for All commonly called a Donnybrook first broke out at an annual Donnybrook Ireland fair that wan notorious for brawls. The medieval Lair was suppressed n 1655. In More recent limes Donnybrook has Miodo formal Public forums such As the floors of , As a Rowdy Contention carried in below eos. Al will you come up 10 Limerick ii was an Irish custom to sing thai chorus Al convivial parties at which nonsense verses were spontaneously Cea led. On the map Limerick is a my on the River Shannon. In its typical live line versa form a Limerick is there was a Young lady named Harris whom nothing could Over Embarrass till the Bali sails one Day in the tub where she Lay turned out to be plaster of among its Many legacies to civilization ancient Greece contributed lesbian spartan and Marathon. On the Aegean Island o lesbos in the 6th Century b.c., the Lyric poetess Sappho lived and wrote among admiring Legate followers whose feeling for one another were reputed to have been More than Friendship. The City slate of Sparta once the most powerful in Erma Bombeck we have a strange situation Here. I m old enough o buy lingerie but i m not old enough to read the ads for them. I m not lathing Aboul the ones Tui appear in a family newspaper where Rne Mode wears a Chenille Robe and a Black strip across her eyes to preserve her identity. I m talking about the intimate apparel that appears in Cata logs. The Penthouse of purchasers everywhere. Male and female bodies Are draped Over one another in seductive poses dotted occasionally with a Bikini that would t cover a vaccination and a see through mesh tank top that Wilt never play in Duluth minn., without a zip in Thermal lining. Panama lops plunge to the Knees sensuous satins cover nothing and a stretch lace Teddy with a thong is dose to erotic ii any of these lingerie ads had decorated the Barracks of the military All wars would Greece produced citizens renowned Lor their strict self discipline courage frugality and simplicity. The first celebrated Long distance run from Marathon to Athens carried the news of a greek Victory Over the persians in 490 by How do geographic names become generic words there May be something distinctive about a place or a behaviour May be identified with a place and that will stick. Over time the word May no longer relate to the particular place but be applied to More circumstances different but related to the original sense says Heather Mccallum Bayliss assistant professor of linguistics Al Georgetown University but she Points out Only a Liny percentage of the English language has geographic roots. The Mae Andar s winding course was legendary. The River in ancient Phr Yale in Asia minor now the Menderes River in Turkey twisted and turned for about 250 Miles before flowing into the Aegean sea hence meander. Serendipity that Happy faculty for making fortunate discoveries accidentally was coined by English writer Horace Walpole in the 18lh Century from the airy tale the three princes of Serendia. Its heroes wandered about happening upon pleasant things they had not sought. A Rendle is a variation of Serendia from the ancient arabic name for Ceylon now sri Lanka. Bikini which does t need even the briefest definition was first in atoll in the Marshall islands in the Pacific site of atomic bomb less in 1946. The iwo bikinis Ere linked according to hyperbole in Webster s third new International dictionary by the comparison of the effects wrought by a scantily Clad woman to the effects of an atomic it May be said of any Small american town with a reputation As a Dull insignificant Backwater but the original Podunk was a Village in Massachusetts or possibly Connecticut named for the Podunk indians. We Don t know How it happened that Podunk is associated with a bad name. Maybe it s the sound of the word says Kelsale Herder an authority on american place names and a professor of English at the stale University of new York Potsdam. We do know that a i the Podunk that sprang up across the country were the scene of Napoleon s final defeat in 1815, near the belgian town of Waterloo is immortalized in everyday English to meet one s Waterloo is any decisive or disastrous defeat even if it does not equal Napoleon s. The sleek chauffeur driven limousine As we know it evolved from the hooded cloak worn by the people of the old French province of Limousin. Through a sense change the hooded garment became a closed motorcar originally with the Driver s seat outside and covered with a roof. Gypsies from Egypt it was mistakenly believed even among gypsies themselves that they originally came from Egypt hence the earlier English Gyp clan shortened from egyptian although their origins Are still somewhat a mystery most scholars today Trace Gypsy roots to India. . Usage has made a verb out of one of China s chief seaports. To be shanghaied was originally what happened to sailors kidnapped for duly on the China run usually with the help of drugs. Spa popular usage now for any heal in resort or commercial exercise establishment sprang up in the 16th Century As the name of a watering place in Belgium famed for its medicinal Mineral Springs. Geography is responsible for naming a variety of goods after their places of origin Cologne hamburger and Frankfurter German cities Champagne and Cognac regions of France Sherry Jerez de la Frontera formerly fares Spain Wiener in or Vienna Madras a City in India and China China. Page 16 the stars and stripes have ended three to five years sooner. My question is not so much the propriety of these ads it does Cross one s min but Why do they waste them on women do you actually think we re naive enough to believe that we Are going to look like the 17 year old Nymph in the and wearing a Demi cup Bra with Matching lace Garter Bell i teamed a Long Lime ago four months next tuesday that what always looks sensational on a modal in the brochure will not necessarily translate that Well on me. Month alter month i used to grab a particular Catalon order anything this one particular striking Model wore and Wail anxiously for the postman. Every time my older arrived i tried on the garment then returned in win the explanation it was the wrong color. Ii took me awhile to figure out our Petty differences. The clothes were being modelled by a 20-year-old woman six Teet tall weighing 86 pounds with Long. Monday. March 30.1987 Black hair secured in a Bun. She was also a Beautiful hispanic with High cheekbones who could Hook a handbag Over her Hipbone. In a Way television is responsible for turning lingerie into what used to be referred to As a House Iress Krystle and Alexis and the women on the soaps languish around the House All Day in lingerie drinking while wine. The other night on amerika a russian sympathizer was wearing a Nightgown that could have made the vow forget thai Nebraska Ever existed but then we re not talking about women who clean the basement and stick their Heads in toilets. A Friend of mine who was visiting picked up one of the Cata logs the other Day sniffed and said Why would you Wear these things because they dry faster i was never that Young. La 1387. Adj Ang Timi syn Cau
