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You mean the evil power of google, right?


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On 2011-02-24, at 8:20, Eric Reiss <er at fatdux.com> wrote:

> 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
>> 
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