----- Original Message -----
From: Ben Braver
To: CF-Community
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 10:48 AM
Subject: Re:bling bling (Was RE: lord of the rhymes)
OK, so Ebonics is obsolete.
What's this - Black Gaelic???
bb
>You forgot the second paragraph:
>
>Ryollyn inne hyes Eysecalayde, phyatte baeayettes pyeaumpyn,
>blinge-blinge shyneyen, ayll hys hyomies ere jyumpyn.
>
>- Jim
>
>Kevin Graeme wrote:
>
>>The oldest recorded use of the word according to the OED was in 1303:
>>
>>1. A bulgy bag. Obs.
>>
>> 1303 R. BRUNNE Handl. Synne 502 ere was a wycche, and made a bagge, A bely
>>of leyr, a grete swagge.
>>
>>
>>-Kevin
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Harkins,Patrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 10:31 AM
>>Subject: RE: bling bling (Was RE: lord of the rhymes)
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>>>I do remember the skit but not the large bag. Is that where the term swag
>>>originated? I always wondered about that too! Thanks for the
>>>explanation....!
>>>-Pat
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>Sent: January 5, 2004 11:26 AM
>>>To: CF-Community
>>>Subject: Re: bling bling (Was RE: lord of the rhymes)
>>>
>>>
>>>Remember John Cleese in that Monty Python skit as Dennis Moore riding
>>>through the land, stealing lupins from innocent travellers in a large
>>>bag labelled "SWAG"? If the lupins were in fact flashy jewelry, and the
>>>bag were labeled "Bling-Bling", well, then you have your answer.
>>>
>>>- Jim, in a roundabout way.
>>>
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