To S大:
我剛起步而已,只是在閱讀資料的時候,就很會習慣的把它收集起來,我比較喜歡有系統的看東西,不然我看不懂
你的東西可真多ㄚ,要細細品嚐一番
我今天看到PTT有一篇關於如何記 billingsgate,不知道有沒有人發過這個單字,看他寫的蠻好記的,我把貼在下面,我的程度還不夠,但貼總行了吧
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標題: [字彙] billingsgate (n) 罵人話
時間: Fri Nov 20 23:15:22 2009
From Dictionary.com
粗俗、罵人的話
Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language.
這個字原先是一個地名,是英國倫敦的一個魚市場
Billingsgate is so called after Billingsgate, a former market in London
celebrated for fish and foul language.
查了Online Etymology Dictionary更清楚了
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=billingsgate1676, the kind of coarse, abusive language once used by women in the
Billingsgate fish market on the River Thames below London Bridge (c.1250).
魚市場的地點在倫敦橋下的泰唔士河旁,說粗話的是來買魚的女人
"Billingsgate is the market where the fishwomen assemble to purchase fish;
and where, in their dealings and disputes they are somewhat apt to leave
decency and good manners a little on the left hand." ["Dictionary of the
Vulgar Tongue," 1811]
記法
bill + ing + s + gate
前面有 Bill 後面有 Gates
就想像 Bill Gates 正在 (ing) 說粗話就好