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"ded" versus "dead" reckoning
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2004 Dec 6, 20:40 EST
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2004 Dec 6, 20:40 EST
ffive wrote:
"I don’t know that its all that interesting, but assume ‘ded’ is
an
abbreviation for ‘deduced’ (reckoning) and ‘dead’ a mis-writing (or hearing)
of ‘ded’ that has become commonly accepted."
abbreviation for ‘deduced’ (reckoning) and ‘dead’ a mis-writing (or hearing)
of ‘ded’ that has become commonly accepted."
Purely as an etymology matter, which one came first? Is there evidence for
the "deduced"-->"ded"-->"dead" theory? Or is this what linguists call a
"folk etymology", something that sounds like such a nice explanation that it
becomes a popular theory without evidence? Either way is a plausible
hypothesis.
Frank R
[ ] Mystic, Connecticut
[X] Chicago, Illinois
[ ] Mystic, Connecticut
[X] Chicago, Illinois
