Gaugler – u06a2

In Freeman and Freeman Ch 5. complete the following application questions. Post your answers to the blog.

a.              #3 (minimum 10 words)

·      brothel – comes from Old English meaning of a word to describe something ruined or degenerate.  First used in 14^th century literature.

·      Cute – originally clipped form of ‘acute’ to mean quick or sharp-witted in 18^th century. Has become American slang for something adorable or attractive.

·      Picnic – derived from French pique-nique meaning a potluck meal. 

·      Soccer – did not originate in American English, is abbreviation for Association of Football formed in London mid-19^th century.

·      Taps – modern word for bugle call, term comes from lights out ceremony where drumbeats would be tapped after playing of bugle.  Predates the Civil War.

·      Texas- much like many western states word has Spanish origins from Mexican territory.  Means friends or allies.

·      Widow – old English word has many romance language cognates because of Latin root word vidua meaning to divide. 

·      OK- came from abbreviation of a misspelling in Boston newspapers of all correct (oll korrect), has been accepted into other languages

·      Bimbo – derived from Itailian word baby: bambino. 

·      Chili – Mexican-Spanish word for red pepper.  Has nothing to do with country of Chile in South America

b.              #4 (5 words per category)

Phonetic Demand	Semantic Demand	Etymological Demand
kit	Table/ tablet	Filet (French)
spat	Strategy/strategic	Futon (Japanese)
pit	Glossary/gloss	Gorilla (Greek)
mat	Penalty/penalize	Smorgasbord (Swedish)
lewd	Basket/bassinet	Moccasin (Native American)

And choose either #7, #8, or #9 (you will need enough examples to elicit strong patterns. Be sure to cite your sources.)

8.   hedge                                    garage

      bridge                                    charge

      budge                                    strange

      edge                                       rouge

The biggest difference is the existence or absence of the silent letter D.  Looking at the words that I was able to think of ending with these spellings it appears that a rule with vowels could be possible.  Perhaps the vowels E, I and U before the sound requires the usage of the silent D.  However, the letter U precedes the consonant combination on both sides of the list.  Because the letter U appears on both lists it does not appear that there can be one blanket rule for it's usage.