Originally "A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals,
and sometimes people, until a toll is paid; a tollgate."
From Middle English turnpyke (“spiked barrier across a road”),
originally used to block access to such a road until toll was paid.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/turnpike
Eventually came to refer to the toll road itself.
On 4/12/2016 5:49 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
Speaking of words, 'turnpike' is one I've never understood. I know it
refers to what we (ie. downunder) would call an expressway or motorway,
but what's the etymology of 'turnpike'?
Cheers
Brian
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016, at 04:40 AM, P.J. Alling wrote:
There has to be something seriously wrong with any male that find's
pleasure in watching Lena Dunham disrobe. But then again there are
always rubberneckers at crash sites on the turnpike.
On 4/12/2016 9:31 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
In view of some of the recent PESO postings, and in an effort to
elevate the level of discussion on this forum, I am providint the
followin:
A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Garg
ecdysiast
PRONUNCIATION:
(ek-DIZ-ee-ast)
MEANING:
noun: A person who disrobes to provide entertainment for others.
ETYMOLOGY:
Coined by writer and editor H.L. Mencken in 1940, from ecdysis
(shedding or molting), from Greek ekdysis (casting off), from ek-
(out) + dyein (to put on).
USAGE:
“Lena Dunham drenched the market with her formidable musings under the
title of Not That Kind of Girl, a biography memoir in the great
tradition of Pamela Anderson and other literary ecdysiasts.”
Rex Murphy; The Year in Activist Feminism; National Post (Canada); Dec 27, 2014.
--
Science - Questions we may never find answers for.
Religion - Answers we must never question.
--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
[email protected]
http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow
the directions.
