Comments on: A scrumptious shrimp with a riddle http://blog.oup.com/2012/04/scrumptious-shrimp-word-origin-riddle/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Tue, 21 May 2013 18:35:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: OUPblog » Blog Archive » Bigger in size but equally ignorant: ‘shark’ http://blog.oup.com/2012/04/scrumptious-shrimp-word-origin-riddle/#comment-276838 OUPblog » Blog Archive » Bigger in size but equally ignorant: ‘shark’ Wed, 23 May 2012 12:31:28 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=23626#comment-276838 [...] fishy series in this blog began with shrimp, reached the heights of prawn, and now, bypassing countless intermediate steps, will offer a [...] [...] fishy series in this blog began with shrimp, reached the heights of prawn, and now, bypassing countless intermediate steps, will offer a [...]

]]> By: OUPblog » Blog Archive » After ‘shrimp’ comes ‘prawn’ http://blog.oup.com/2012/04/scrumptious-shrimp-word-origin-riddle/#comment-275825 OUPblog » Blog Archive » After ‘shrimp’ comes ‘prawn’ Wed, 16 May 2012 12:34:19 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=23626#comment-275825 [...] distinguish a shrimp from a prawn, and I am afraid they are right. The picture copied for the shrimp post had the title “Shrimp cocktail,” but the shrimp there are too big and are really prawns. In any [...] [...] distinguish a shrimp from a prawn, and I am afraid they are right. The picture copied for the shrimp post had the title “Shrimp cocktail,” but the shrimp there are too big and are really prawns. In any [...]

]]> By: OUPblog » Blog Archive » Further Adventures of Scr-words, or, the Taming of the Shrew http://blog.oup.com/2012/04/scrumptious-shrimp-word-origin-riddle/#comment-273090 OUPblog » Blog Archive » Further Adventures of Scr-words, or, the Taming of the Shrew Wed, 02 May 2012 12:31:24 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=23626#comment-273090 [...] weeks ago, I pondered the fortunes of the gregarious shrimp. The next ingredient of the scr- ~ shr- cocktail will be the much maligned but innocent shrew. As [...] [...] weeks ago, I pondered the fortunes of the gregarious shrimp. The next ingredient of the scr- ~ shr- cocktail will be the much maligned but innocent shrew. As [...]

]]> By: Brianne Hughes http://blog.oup.com/2012/04/scrumptious-shrimp-word-origin-riddle/#comment-269811 Brianne Hughes Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:36:23 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=23626#comment-269811 Thoughts about Shrimp Scampi Scampi is from Italian and means prawn. Does that make shrimp scampi a tautological compound? Etymonline writes that scampi comes from a PIE root meaning 'to bend.' Perhaps the German and Norwegian versions of 'shrimp' also received their names from the shape rather than their size of the creature. Thoughts about Shrimp Scampi

Scampi is from Italian and means prawn. Does that make shrimp scampi a tautological compound? Etymonline writes that scampi comes from a PIE root meaning ‘to bend.’ Perhaps the German and Norwegian versions of ‘shrimp’ also received their names from the shape rather than their size of the creature.

]]> By: Alice Northover http://blog.oup.com/2012/04/scrumptious-shrimp-word-origin-riddle/#comment-269552 Alice Northover Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:06:55 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=23626#comment-269552 @mollymooly Thanks for the catch. Occasionally they slip through. I'll go fix that now. --Blog Editor Alice @mollymooly

Thanks for the catch. Occasionally they slip through. I’ll go fix that now.

–Blog Editor Alice

]]> By: mollymooly http://blog.oup.com/2012/04/scrumptious-shrimp-word-origin-riddle/#comment-269494 mollymooly Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:01:56 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=23626#comment-269494 "fan-damn-tastic", not "fant-damn-astic". Where does "scrump" (to steal apples from an orchard) fit in? “fan-damn-tastic”, not “fant-damn-astic”.

Where does “scrump” (to steal apples from an orchard) fit in?

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