Wordie: Lagniappe: Comments

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:52:10 +0000

Really? Who'd have guessed....

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:15:56 +0000

Wow! This is derived from a Quechua term!

Comment by Niels, about 1 year ago

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:49:28 +0000

Wikipedia cites Mark Twain pronouncing it lanny-yap, but in present day New Orleans it's pronounced LAN-yap, like your local area network is a LAN, and small dogs yap. LAN-yap.

Comment by John, about 1 year ago

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:28:21 +0000

"Call it a little lagniappe, goodbuddy, that’s Duane Marvy’s way o’ doin’ thangs."
- Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow, 1973

Comment by angharad, about 1 year ago

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 01:04:45 +0000

Somewhere between the "baker's dozen" and a bribe.