itsy-bitsy

Feb 20, 2018 17:09

Itsy-bitsy comes from the word "ici-pici", which is used in Hungary to tiny, small things. It was taken into the US (to Holywood) by a Hungarian film director in the early 20th century. This is the one and only Hungarian word that was adopted to English.

английский язык, венгерский, заимствования

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chhwe February 20 2018, 14:14:54 UTC

?paprika

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klausnick February 20 2018, 14:27:08 UTC
Вебстер пишет:
1896, from German Paprika, from Hungarian paprika, a diminutive from Serbo-Croatian papar "pepper," from Latin piper or Modern Greek piperi

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partr February 20 2018, 15:13:07 UTC
'itsy-bitsy spider' любимая песенка дочери лет этак с трех
думал, песенка куда старше Голливуда
посмотрел, зафиксирована в сборниках довольно поздно, в сороковых прошлого века
в более ранних версиях пелось 'blooming, bloody' вместо 'itsy bitsy'

никогда не приходило в голову поинтересоваться, окуда вся эта itsiness-bitsiness

many thanks

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riftsh February 20 2018, 23:50:02 UTC
не торопитесь:

"Poor 'ittle tittle bitsy itsy sing" - Florence Burckett, Wildmoor (1875)

"do you know Mrs. Singleton's little bitsie witsie chickens?" - A. Newton Field, Those Awful Boys (1880)

"consisting of words with extraordinary endings of the itsy-bitsy-nitsy family" - Anna Cogswell Wood, Westover's Ward (1892)

и т.д.

bitsy, adj. - Etymology: < plural of bit n.2 or < bitty adj.: see -sy suffix2. (OED)

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partr February 21 2018, 05:52:12 UTC
и то, поспешность нужна только при ловле блох
спасибо, поймали

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colored_way February 21 2018, 08:15:39 UTC
Мои 10 центов ни к селу, ни к городу https://youtu.be/ge9Ou3-YyqU?t=24s

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klausnick February 21 2018, 08:29:17 UTC
В тему.

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