Folk-Etymology

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Excerpt from Folk-Etymology: A Dictionary of Verbal Corruptions or Words Perverted in Form or Meaning, by False Derivation or Mistaken AnalogyIf there's any foreign language [read to them] which can't be explained, I've seen the costers annoyed at it - quite annoyed, says one intimate with their habits in Mayhew's London Labour and flee London Poor (vol. I. P. He read to them a portion of a newspaper article in which occurred the words noblesse and qaz' n'est point noble n'est men. I can't tumble to that barrikin [understand that gibberish], said a young fellow, it's a jaw - breaker.Noblesse! Said another, Blessed if I know what he's up to, and here there was a regular laugh.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.