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Re: Divided by a common language

June 20, 2006, 8:30 a.m. (Message 45591, in reply to message 45590)

I hope that this does not start a trend. After all the subject is 
"Scottish" country dancing, so one should expect a certain amount of 
"foreign" vocabulary and usage.

Examples:
rondelle - (Spain) roundabout
pousette - (Spain) valsé
double triangles - (Spain) triangles (only logical since double means 
x2, so there should be at least 4)
allemande - (Spain & U.S.) turn
targe - (U.S.) non commissioned officer with three stripes as 
addressed by someone with a speech impediment.
set - (U.S. & England) past tense of sit, collection of items in the 
same category.
reel - (U.S. & England) perambulation of an alcoholic, divice for 
winding a fishing line
jig - (U.S. & England) form or mold used by a carpenter
strathspey - (rest of the world) schottische
tournee - (Spain) wood screw
cast - (U.S. & England), to toss beginning with a back swing, plaster 
form for broken limb, mold.
petronella - (rest of the world), little girl named "rock"
gates - streets
bow - gateway
yett - gate
rant - tirade
firth - fjord
etc. (so where would this slippery slope end?)   :)

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