Word of the day / Unusual words

[John Marwood]

Pure Dudley speak

 

[Glam]

Hello everybody. Maybe someone here could clarify the most astonishing coincidence of form and meaning I ever met. As it is well known, our word „typhoon“ originates from the Greek „typhoons“, a god of wind, and the pronunciation changed a lot in the much younger development of the English language. In Chinese, the word „Tai“ seems to mean „large, big, huge“, and „foon“ is wind. So we find „Tai-foon“ for a cyclone in the Chinese Sea. Would it be possible, that there is nevertheless some etymological connection?

In English? Ta.

 

[Thehooperman]

In English? Ta.

I think it was something about teabags but I only drink PG tips

 

[Gramaisc]

Oh, they appear to have been removed...

And, as is even more well-known, the Greeks had four gods responsible for wind-related issues, the Anemoi - Boreas, Zephyrus, Notus and Eurus, one for each of the cardinal winds.

 

[Noah]

In Greek myths Typhon was a monstrous serpent who caused earthquakes, buried by Zeus under Mount Etna, not a wind. Our word typhoon comes from the Chinese. But is there any point in replying to a deleted post?

 

[Thehooperman]

.........But is there any point in replying to a deleted post?

I think you just have

 

[BobClay]

I stopped playing table games when I got dealt these in poker in a rough Tividale Pub ....