Wordie: Do the locomotion: Comments

Comment by bilby, 6 months ago

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:37:12 +0000

hurple, which is an odd thing, but at least it rhymes with purple :-)

Comment by rolig, 6 months ago

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 02:11:27 +0000

Bilby, I wonder if your grandfather's toodling was related to the old-fashioned casual way of saying goodbye, "toodle-oo!" - which interestingly may derive from the French à tout à l'heure!, meaning, approximately, "See you soon!"

"Dawdle", on the other hand, seems to be related to "doddle", which may be related to toddle, dodder, or dither.

Comment by bilby, 6 months ago

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 23:49:49 +0000

dawdle. My grandfather used to say he would toodle off to bed which is probably just a variation.

Comment by rolig, 7 months ago

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 01:24:36 +0000

good suggestions, bilby! Thanks!

Comment by bilby, 7 months ago

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:00:49 +0000

Bowl, dance, steal. I also think it's time to reclaim surge from the Pentagon.

Comment by rolig, 7 months ago

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:23:12 +0000

thanks for the suggestions. Dewly added (it's almost morning).

Comment by sionnach, 7 months ago

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:00:41 +0000

amble? canter?

Comment by bilby, 7 months ago

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:46:36 +0000

Have you met sally?

Comment by sionnach, 7 months ago

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:20:55 +0000

Interesting that fully one third of the current (57-word) list are words beginning with 's'. How about slither as another possibility? Or swerve? Wander? Wobble? Weave? Wend?

Comment by mollusque, 7 months ago

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:12:16 +0000

Galumph is only slightly less common than gallivant in a Google Book search, and most uses are not overt references to Lewis Carroll. So I'd say galumph has been naturalized in English. But it's your list. Stick to your editorial guns.

By the way, for a translator who likes lists, I'd recommend March's Thesaurus and Dictionary of the English Language (1958). It has massive themed lists with positive connotations in the left column and negative connotations in the right column. For example, Cleanness--Filthiness spans three pages with about 400 line items).

Comment by rolig, 7 months ago

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:52:37 +0000

Thanks for all the suggestions. Like several other of my lists, this is meant to remind me of words I can use in my translating work, so more specialized terms or words that are extremely specialized (e.g. titubate) or peculiar (does anyone use galumph without conciously alluding to Alice in Wonderland?), I will probably leave out.

Comment by uselessness, 7 months ago

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:34:54 +0000

I like it! Still looking for gallop, step, hike, and traverse. :-)

Comment by reesetee, 7 months ago

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:37:00 +0000

And welcome to it, rolig. Great list!

Comment by rduke, 7 months ago

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:14:41 +0000

How about wamble, titubate, gambol and circumambulate?

Comment by bilby, 7 months ago

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:58:31 +0000

No time to leave a comment, I gotta skedaddle.

Comment by mollusque, 7 months ago

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:41:44 +0000

How about limp and galumph?

Comment by rolig, 7 months ago

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:53:21 +0000

Many of these words were trawled from reesetee's excellent list Walk This Way. Many thanks!