Dingo the Dissident

THE BLOG OF DISQUIET : Qweir Notions, an uncommonplace-book from the Armpit of Diogenes, binge-thinker jottings since 2008 .

Thursday 11 September 2008

Louisiana Purchase

OK is a conflation of Scots Och Aye with French d'accord; and guy is a corruption of the French word gars with echoes of English anti-Catholic bonfires. 'Have a nice day!' is an intrusively imperative version of Bonne journée ! Denim comes from French de Nîmes, as Gènes, French for Genoa, turned into jeans.

Denim originated in Indian fishing communities around Bombay (Mumbai) and was the fabric used for Dungarees.

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