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Discussion Groups / English Usage / July 2009hoards of hordes?
Just portmanteau it: How clean is your house? I'm fastidious about cleanliness and personal hygiene - I simply hate bad smells and squalor. I owned 50 palaces, a royal record for England. They're all spotless of course, thanks to all the hoardes of servants. http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/jun/27/is-this-it-henry-viii  SignatureTwo of the most famous products of Berkeley are LSD and Unix. I don't think that this is a coincidence. [anonymous] Seems to be quite frequent - Below is a small sample of some I found these via Google. I also saw a page written by Roseanne Barr at Fourwinds10.com, (which appears to be a political comment site) which was headed "SATAN'S HOARDES ! ! ! ! The same page also mentioned a "Republican role call" and promised a "weather forcast". Barr commented thus: "Tell them I spell hoardes the Old English way, on purpose, as it adds to the Harry Potter factor of the story". But the UK is not immune: (1) Handling the hungry hoardes ISLAND LIFE Published Date: 22 April 2006 By JULIA WELSTEAD http://living.scotsman.com/juliawelstead/Handling-the-hungry-hoardes.2769364.jp (2) THE HOARDES Here is some cool 1906 Ellis Island footage of those dirty, uneducated, job stealing, non-English speaking masses that were flooding in to the US exactly a century ago. http://blogs.ilw.com/gregsiskind/2007/08/the-hoardes.html Maybe in a few years time it'll be taught in schools? (Or at least overlooked.) Quoth contrex <mike.j.harvey@gmail.com>, and I quote: >Seems to be quite frequent - Below is a small sample of some I found >these via Google. I also saw a page written by Roseanne Barr at [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >Maybe in a few years time it'll be taught in schools? (Or at least >overlooked.) This blend of "horde" and "hoard" could well attract an initial "w" from yet another homonym: The brothel has made a fortune from this month's whoarde of visitors. SignatureJames Divers in Anglesey search for French gold hoarde Russell Jenkins Divers have begun excavating the site where an 18th century vessel foundered off Anglesey in the hope of discovering gold bullion that the King of France sent to aid Bonnie Prince Charlie after the failure of the Jacobite Rebellion. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6366304.ece But wait - a possible explanation looms: 1. hoarde The wrong way to spell Horde [sic] 2. hoarde A designated faction in the World of Warcraft internet game and other Warcraft games, often associated with the "bad" side, "hoarde" is the opposing faction of the "alliance" Dude, the hoarde totally rapes the alliance! http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hoarde Quoth contrex <mike.j.harvey@gmail.com>, and I quote: >Divers in Anglesey search for French gold hoarde > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > >http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hoarde The etymology of "horde" once again leads us to a Turkic word, "ordu" meaning a "camp". That was borrowed into Russian as "orda" meaning "clan, crowd, troop", then it acquired an "h" in Polish "horda", which spread over Europe as hordes tend to do. The same Turkic word was borrowed into Hindustani, and from "zabân-i-urdû" (the language of the camp) we have acquired the word Urdu. An English form of "Urdu" with the addition and subsequent loss of an initial "h" is used by Cilla Black and others as a synonym for a totally unrelated word meaning "coiffure". SignatureJames > Quoth contrex <mike.j.harvey@gmail.com>, and I quote: > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > meaning "clan, crowd, troop", then it acquired an "h" in Polish > "horda", which spread over Europe as hordes tend to do. Shucks. I was busy trying to relate it to "ordure" and "orders". (Actually, the meaning "camp" isn't far removed from "order" (arranged in rows) if you stick to a military meaning. And then, of course, hordes of military do tend to generate both items, in tremendous amounts. > The same Turkic word was borrowed into Hindustani, and from > "zabân-i-urdû" (the language of the camp) we have acquired the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > of an initial "h" is used by Cilla Black and others as a synonym > for a totally unrelated word meaning "coiffure". > Shucks. I was busy trying to relate it to "ordure" and "orders". > (Actually, the meaning "camp" isn't far removed from "order" (arranged > in rows) if you stick to a military meaning. And then, of course, > hordes of military do tend to generate both items, in tremendous > amounts. I think tracing the evolution from Hors d'œuvre to ordure might yield more concrete results. Quoth pdpi <pdpinheiro@gmail.com>, and I quote: >> Shucks. I was busy trying to relate it to "ordure" and "orders". >> (Actually, the meaning "camp" isn't far removed from "order" (arranged [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >I think tracing the evolution from Hors d'uvre to ordure might yield >more concrete results. The concrete quality of the results depends on what kind of stodge makes the passage from gullet to gusset. Isn't there a costive-living index for working this out (with a pencil)? Anyway, I think that the invocation of a French expression meaning "out of work" is idle speculation. SignatureJames > Quoth pdpi <pdpinhe...@gmail.com>, and I quote: > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > -- > James For the results to make passage to the gusset, I guess you'll find a tag near your groin that should be near your crack. > Quoth pdpi <pdpinheiro@gmail.com>, and I quote: > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > stodge makes the passage from gullet to gusset. Isn't there a > costive-living index for working this out (with a pencil)? "From gullet to gusset" - brilliant. I've stuck it on the fridge to remind me of my diet. SignatureLaura (emulate St. George for email) >Quoth contrex <mike.j.harvey@gmail.com>, and I quote: > [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] >of an initial "h" is used by Cilla Black and others as a synonym >for a totally unrelated word meaning "coiffure". I think "ordure" came into it right about then, too. SignatureJohn Is Erdogan a ne'er-do-well? > Divers in Anglesey search for French gold hoarde > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hoarde The "hoarde" usage naturally occurs when you can't quite make up your mind on whether your battle cry is "For the Horde!" or "For the (dragon's" hoard!" >The "hoarde" usage naturally occurs when you can't quite make up your >mind on whether your battle cry is "For the Horde!" or "For the >(dragon's" hoard!" How many boards would the Mongols hoard if the Mongol hordes got bored? SignatureSteve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk > Seems to be quite frequent - Below is a small sample of some I found > these via Google. I also saw a page written by Roseanne Barr at [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > commented thus: "Tell them I spell hoardes the Old English way, on > purpose, as it adds to the Harry Potter factor of the story". I guess that's what you call lots of customers at Ye Olde Shoppe. > But the UK is not immune: Right. My original citation was from The Guardian's weekly TV section. SignatureSteve: Now, okay. I did say that monkeys could program Visual Basic. Leo: But not that all Visual Basic programmers are monkeys. Steve: Exactly. [Security Now 194] |
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