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| From | Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.usage.english |
| Subject | Re: 'shake well' |
| Date | 2026-07-04 08:02 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <narph1Ftcl4U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <36rg4lhpgd2dmaq9uk5j6m8rgon3nkjiu8@4ax.com> <112aa1p$3ukk2$1@dont-email.me> |
Le 04/07/2026 à 07:43, Bertel Lund Hansen a écrit :
>
> Related - and Danish:
> There's a word about the sediment that may be found in wine bottles
> ("bærme"). The same word can be used about people meaning that they are
> worthless. I haven't heard that word since my parents explained it to me
> and I haven't used it about anything else than the residue in wine
> bottles - which I think I have seen once.
In English, 'lees' in wine or beer, 'dregs' more generally, for coffee
etc.. 'Dregs' is also used pejoratively, e.g. the dregs of society.
'Lie' in French, also used pejoratively - la lie du peuple etc..
'Lees' from Old French, 'dregs' from Old Norse (Collins). As so often in
English, two words in a job-sharing arrangement.
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Re: 'shake well' Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2026-07-04 00:03 -0400
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Re: 'shake well' occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-07-04 12:02 +0200
Re: 'shake well' Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2026-07-04 08:46 -0400
Re: 'shake well' Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2026-07-04 20:26 +0200
Re: 'shake well' Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2026-07-04 09:28 -0400
Re: 'shake well' Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-07-04 06:38 +0100
Re: 'shake well' Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2026-07-04 08:49 +0200
Re: 'shake well' Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-07-04 06:51 +0100
Re: 'shake well' Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2026-07-04 08:48 -0400
Re: 'shake well' occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-07-04 08:28 +0200
Re: 'shake well' Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2026-07-04 08:43 +0200
Re: 'shake well' Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-07-04 08:02 +0100
Re: 'shake well' nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-07-04 11:53 +0200
Re: 'shake well' Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-07-04 20:05 +0100
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Re: 'shake well' Charles Hope <clh@candehope.me.uk> - 2026-07-04 16:00 +0000
Re: 'shake well' Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2026-07-04 08:39 -0400
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