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* Echo of '''tauftauf''' ([[Page 3]]) | * Echo of '''tauftauf''' ([[Page 3]]) | ||
** '''Tauftauf''': from ''German'' '''taufen''': to baptise | ** '''Tauftauf''': from ''German'' '''taufen''': to baptise | ||
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* Cf. "Ah, did you speak, [[stuffstuff]]?" from [[Page 145]] or [[Page 96]] | * Cf. "Ah, did you speak, [[stuffstuff]]?" from [[Page 145]] or [[Page 96]] | ||
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| + | * '''Taffy''': a familiar nickname for a Welshman (as [[Paddy]] for an Irishman), from an ascribed pronunciation of Davy or David as Dafydd in Welsh. | ||
[[Category: Tauftauf]] | [[Category: Tauftauf]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:44, 26 July 2006
- Echo of tauftauf (Page 3)
- Tauftauf: from German taufen: to baptise
- Cf. "Ah, did you speak, stuffstuff?" from Page 145 or Page 96
- Taffy: a familiar nickname for a Welshman (as Paddy for an Irishman), from an ascribed pronunciation of Davy or David as Dafydd in Welsh.
