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[Capt Popeye]

Boondocks: The expression was introduced to English by U.S. military personnel serving in the Philippines at the turn of the 20th century.^[3][4] It derives from the Tagalog word "bundok", which means "mountain".^[5][6] According to military historian Paul A. Kramer, the term originally had "connotations of bewilderment and confusion", due to the guerrilla warfare the soldiers were engaged in.^[4]

In the Philippines, the word bundok is also a colloquialism referring to rural inland areas, which are usually mountainous and difficult to access, as most major cities and settlements in the Philippines are located on or near the coastline.^[6] Equivalent terms include the Spanish-derived probinsiya ("province") and the Cebuano term bukid ("mountain").^[7] When used generally, the term refers to a rustic or uncivilized area. When referring to people (taga-bundok or probinsiyano in Tagalog; taga-bukid in Cebuano; English: "someone who comes from the mountains/provinces"), it acquires a derogatory connotation of a stereotype of unsophisticated, ignorant, and illiterate country people.^[8]

Yea, glad that you researched that Full Circleman, but left me wondering who the - 'unsophisticated, ignorant, and illiterate country people - are in this context, as its the East Coast Forum, so present company excepted

 

[FullCircle]

Yea, glad that you researched that Full Circleman, but left me wondering who the - 'unsophisticated, ignorant, and illiterate country people - are in this context, as its the East Coast Forum, so present company excepted

Self explanatory - Mountains is the key word. Not many mountains in Essex/Suffolk/Norfolk...... other than that, it is me down to a tee.

 

[nigelm]

And here's me thinking a Boondock was one of those bottled ales that Bru prefers )

 

[Bru]

And here's me thinking a Boondock was one of those bottled ales that Bru prefers )

Good name for an ale!

 

[Rivers & creeks]

Self explanatory - Mountains is the key word. Not many mountains in Essex/Suffolk/Norfolk...... other than that, it is me down to a tee.

There's an enormous hill in Suffolk, near Snape maltings, beware the dangerous Iken Cliffs they say.

 

[michael_w]

Suggest you do this conversation by private exchange?

Aww! Don't be a spoilsport it was just getting to be fun.

 

[FullCircle]

Aww! Don't be a spoilsport it was just getting to be fun.

You could ask to join and make it an interesting threesome?

 

[sailorman]

You could ask to join and make it an interesting threesome?

Oooooo now where did i leave those keys

 

[Hydrozoan]

Good name for an ale!

Or for a mooring device?

 

[Koeketiene]

You could ask to join and make it an interesting threesome?

Great - now I'll be trying to get this mental picture out of my mind for the rest of my shift.

 

[Tomahawk]

Boondocks: The expression was introduced to English by U.S. military personnel serving in the Philippines at the turn of the 20th century.^[3][4] It derives from the Tagalog word "bundok", which means "mountain".^[5][6] According to military historian Paul A. Kramer, the term originally had "connotations of bewilderment and confusion", due to the guerrilla warfare the soldiers were engaged in.^[4]

In the Philippines, the word bundok is also a colloquialism referring to rural inland areas, which are usually mountainous and difficult to access, as most major cities and settlements in the Philippines are located on or near the coastline.^[6] Equivalent terms include the Spanish-derived probinsiya ("province") and the Cebuano term bukid ("mountain").^[7] When used generally, the term refers to a rustic or uncivilized area. When referring to people (taga-bundok or probinsiyano in Tagalog; taga-bukid in Cebuano; English: "someone who comes from the mountains/provinces"), it acquires a derogatory connotation of a stereotype of unsophisticated, ignorant, and illiterate country people.^[8]

Thank you for the reference..
But why do we want to use Mercan words when we have the whole lexicon of the language of Farraday, Newton, Watt, not to forget Shakespear and Shelly?

 

[ChattingLil]

But boondocks is such a perfect word! What would you have used instead?

 

[FullCircle]

Thank you for the reference..
But why do we want to use Mercan words when we have the whole lexicon of the language of Farraday, Newton, Watt, not to forget Shakespear and Shelly?

Whither words like Bungalow?
And indeed our entire language is made of words stolen or borrowed from other languages........
Only this morning I have issued an Ishikawa diagram for a problem we are having here in Turkey. They are also arch stealers of words like Inovasiyon.

 

[NealB]

There's an enormous hill in Suffolk, near Snape maltings, beware the dangerous Iken Cliffs they say.

And don't forget the mighty cliff between Bridgemarsh and Creeksea.

 

[sailorman]

And don't forget the mighty cliff between Bridgemarsh and Creeksea.

Not to mention down hill skiing in Ipswich

 

[Capt Popeye]

Self explanatory - Mountains is the key word. Not many mountains in Essex/Suffolk/Norfolk...... other than that, it is me down to a tee.

Humm , might well give comments a miss on the personal issues, but highest hill /place I know of on the East Coast is Dunwich, and according to whats happening there, better be quick cause most of its now gorne into the sea.
Still good views from them thar cliffs, and if one listens carefully, a church bell might just be heard, from under the waves

 

[FullCircle]

I live in Canewdon, 138ft above sea level......

 

[NealB]

I live in Canewdon, 138ft above sea level......

Ah yes ... the 30m contour neatly circles the church.

(Pssstt .... will I be deleted for thread hijacking?)

 

[ChattingLil]

Ah yes ... the 30m contour neatly circles the church.

(Pssstt .... will I be deleted for thread hijacking?)

hope note, this is turning into the ECF Fred Drift

 

[Capt Popeye]

I live in Canewdon, 138ft above sea level......

aerr can I ask, is the dinghy at the bottom of your garden, yet ?