Comments on: The Rum History of the Word “Rum” http://blog.oup.com/2010/10/rum/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Wed, 22 May 2013 20:11:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: alkoblog.de - Alles über Alkohol mit Cocktails, Trinkspielen und Medienkritik http://blog.oup.com/2010/10/rum/#comment-318641 alkoblog.de - Alles über Alkohol mit Cocktails, Trinkspielen und Medienkritik Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:09:07 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=11546#comment-318641 [...] Rumbullion kommt, was so viel wie Aufruhr oder Tumult bedeutet. Wie der Linguist Anatoly Liberman in seinem Blog aufzeigt, schwappten Wort und Getränk von der karibischen Insel Barbados nach [...] [...] Rumbullion kommt, was so viel wie Aufruhr oder Tumult bedeutet. Wie der Linguist Anatoly Liberman in seinem Blog aufzeigt, schwappten Wort und Getränk von der karibischen Insel Barbados nach [...]

]]> By: OUPblog » Blog Archive » Monthly Gleanings: November 2010 http://blog.oup.com/2010/10/rum/#comment-192300 OUPblog » Blog Archive » Monthly Gleanings: November 2010 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:31:20 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=11546#comment-192300 [...] questions, and corrections. I am especially grateful to Benjamin Slade for calling my attention to the post on rum (beverage) in his blog and to Michael Quinion, who grappled with dilemna long before me, came to [...] [...] questions, and corrections. I am especially grateful to Benjamin Slade for calling my attention to the post on rum (beverage) in his blog and to Michael Quinion, who grappled with dilemna long before me, came to [...]

]]> By: OUPblog » Blog Archive » Monthly Gleanings: October 2010 http://blog.oup.com/2010/10/rum/#comment-184856 OUPblog » Blog Archive » Monthly Gleanings: October 2010 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:33:18 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=11546#comment-184856 [...] conform to the political demands of the day.  With the Internet, the past is easy to alter.  In a recent post, I mentioned C. Sweet, the man who discovered the origin of the word pedigree, and added (most [...] [...] conform to the political demands of the day.  With the Internet, the past is easy to alter.  In a recent post, I mentioned C. Sweet, the man who discovered the origin of the word pedigree, and added (most [...]

]]> By: Stephen Goranson http://blog.oup.com/2010/10/rum/#comment-180115 Stephen Goranson Thu, 07 Oct 2010 08:22:23 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=11546#comment-180115 C. Sweet, according to W.W. Skeat, Englische Studien 21 (1895) 448, was "Mr. Charles Sweet, the brother of Dr. Sweet." For his note with a drawing of "the mark used in old pedigrees" resembling a crane's foot see: http://tinyurl.com/2wz45z2 C. Sweet, according to W.W. Skeat, Englische Studien 21 (1895) 448, was “Mr. Charles Sweet, the brother of Dr. Sweet.” For his note with a drawing of “the mark used in old pedigrees” resembling a crane’s foot see:
http://tinyurl.com/2wz45z2

]]> By: Tweets that mention OUPblog » Blog Archive » The Rum History of the Word “Rum” -- Topsy.com http://blog.oup.com/2010/10/rum/#comment-179870 Tweets that mention OUPblog » Blog Archive » The Rum History of the Word “Rum” -- Topsy.com Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:34:19 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=11546#comment-179870 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Matt, Lauren. Lauren said: Rum. (Yum.) A history of the word: http://ow.ly/2PjHm [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Matt, Lauren. Lauren said: Rum. (Yum.) A history of the word: http://ow.ly/2PjHm [...]

]]> By: Benjamin Slade http://blog.oup.com/2010/10/rum/#comment-179861 Benjamin Slade Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:05:29 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=11546#comment-179861 I have never come across <i>roma</i> for "water" in a Sanskrit text, but I checked a dictionary and sure enough it is listed, with two senses: "a hole, cavity; water", but its etymology is--wait for it--"uncertain". My feeling is that it is not a very commonly used word in Sanskrit; it seems to appear mainly (only?) in Sanskrit lexicographical texts. Incidentally, I actually looked at the etymology of <i>rum</i> myself a year or so ago: <a href="http://staefcraeft.blogspot.com/2009/10/rum-chutney-lime-on-trinidadian-music.html" rel="nofollow">Rum, Chutney, & Lime: On Trinidadian musical refashioning and some obscure etymologies</a>, and also found the Romani source more likely than other proposed etymologies. The other possibility I considered is that it derives from an Indo-Aryan root <i>ram-</i> "to enjoy". I have never come across roma for “water” in a Sanskrit text, but I checked a dictionary and sure enough it is listed, with two senses: “a hole, cavity; water”, but its etymology is–wait for it–”uncertain”. My feeling is that it is not a very commonly used word in Sanskrit; it seems to appear mainly (only?) in Sanskrit lexicographical texts.

Incidentally, I actually looked at the etymology of rum myself a year or so ago: Rum, Chutney, & Lime: On Trinidadian musical refashioning and some obscure etymologies, and also found the Romani source more likely than other proposed etymologies. The other possibility I considered is that it derives from an Indo-Aryan root ram- “to enjoy”.

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