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Pram
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 3:01 pm
by Grogie
This designates a small rowboat or, in Great Britain, a baby carriage.
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 3:26 pm
by M. Henri Day
And,
not to be forgotten, a « flatbottom boat used chiefly in the Baltic Sea as a barge». In Swedish, the corresponding term is «
pråm» (just to save you the trouble of asking). The
SAOB entry from 1954 provides a somewhat more detailed etymologi than the above, to wit :
[fsv.
pram, praam, prom; jfr fd. o. dan.
pram, fnor.
pråmr, nor.
pram; av mlt.
pram; liksom mnl.
praem,
prame, holl.
praam, ffris.
prm, fris.
prame, mht.
prm, t.
prahm(e), eng.
pram, fr.
prame, ytterst av fslav.
pramu, båt (varav tjeck.
pram, pol.
prom, ry.
poróm), etymologiskt motsv. fsv.
farmber, last, fsax.
farm, resa, fht.
farm, båt, isl.
farmr, last; av samma ieur. rot som ingår i
FARA, v.[sup]2[/sup]; formen prom kan möjl. ha inlånats från en dock icke bestyrkt mlt. biform
prom]
Henri
supersession
Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 12:47 pm
by mamawsandy
Supersession ~~ Can be subsitution, commutation, makeshift, interchange, transfer.
Re: supersession
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 12:30 am
by Stargzer
Supersession ~~ Can be subsitution, commutation, makeshift, interchange, transfer.
It's probably just my age showing, but here's what I think of when I think of
Super Session . . .
[Stargzer flashes back to 1968 for another nostalgia rush . . . ]
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 9:34 pm
by gailr