[Sigia-l] We interrupt our normal programming

[Eric Reiss]

Paola,

Ranking this stuff is EASY thanks to the wonderful power of Google
(which should have been Googel):

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Making_up_numbers

Cheers,
Eric

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Paola Kathuria <paola at limov.com> wrote:
> Eric Reiss wrote:
>> That would be "Pulcinella" in Italian. The Anglicised version is
>> somewhat less common.
>
> Yeah, that's what one'd expect but I actually copy & pasted it
> from the OED.
>
> Punchinello, n. etymology:
> | Italian regional (Naples) Policinella, the name of a character in
> | the commedia dell'arte (1621; Italian Pulcinella), probably
> | < pollicino chick ( < post-classical Latin pullicenus: see poussin n.)
> | + -ella-ella suffix, apparently so called from the croaking voice
> | and hooked nose associated with the character. Compare French
> | Polichinelle, the name of a character in the commedia dell'arte
> | (1649), the name of a character in a puppet show (1680)."
>
> And here's are two more "[x] as Punch" quotes for your edification:
>
> 1818, by T. Moore in _Fudge Family in Paris_
> "Give me the useful peaching Rat; Not things as mute as Punch, when bought."
>
> 1850, by Dickens in _David Copperfield_
> "I am as proud as Punch to think that I once had the honor of being
> connected with your family."
>
> Source: Oxford English Dictionary,
> Third edition, July 2010; online version November 2010
>
> Quiz: order these quantities (which are ALL in the OED) in
> order of magnitude:
>
>  bazillion
>  gazillion
>  gillion
>  jillion
>  squillion
>  zillion
>
>
> Paola
>
> ------------
> 2011  IA Summit
> March 30 - April 3, 2011
> Pre Conference Seminars: March 30-31
> IA Summit: April 1-3
> Hyatt Regency Convention Center
> Denver, CO
> -----
> When replying, please *trim your post* as much as possible.
> *Plain text, please; NO Attachments
>
> Searchable Archive at http://www.info-arch.org/lists/sigia-l/
> ________________________________________
> Sigia-l mailing list -- post to: Sigia-l at asis.org
> Changes to subscription: http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigia-l
>



-- 
Eric Reiss
CEO
The FatDUX Group
Copenhagen, Denmark
http://www.fatdux.com
office: (+45) 39 29 67 77
mobile: (+45) 20 12 88 44
skype: ericreiss
twitter: @elreiss

-----------------------

If you received this in error, please let us know and delete the file.
FatDUX advises all recipients to virus scan all emails, and to eat
five portions of fruit and vegetables daily.