http://ctisoyz.blogr.com/metaTags/wordz/ XML Feed en Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:02:06 +0100 http://static.blogr.com/tenants/com/modSiteIcon/tdy-dummy-site-icon.icon.jpg http://ctisoyz.blogr.com/metaTags/wordz/ 48 48 http://ctisoyz.blogr.com/stories/8022428/ <p>It’s a pity that such a fine word should come of unknown stock, but we really don’t have a clear idea where it comes from. Some argue its origin lies in the Welsh <em>baldorddus</em>, idle noisy talk or chatter (though that is pronounced very differently), while others point to related words in Dutch, Icelandic and Norwegian, such as the Dutch <em>balderen</em>, to roar or thunder. It appears around the time of Shakespeare with the meaning of froth or frothy liquid, or a jumbled mixture of liquids, such as milk and beer, or beer and wine. Only in the latter part of the seventeenth century did it move towards its modern meaning, through the idea of speech or writing that is a senseless jumble, hence nonsense or trash.</p> http://ctisoyz.blogr.com/stories/8022428/ Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:02:06 +0100 ctisoyz