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| Sercy |
| Author: | Charles Wiggins |
| Date: | Wednesday, 13th Jun 2001 22:57 |
| Views: | 3,396 (excluding Digests and RSS feeds) |
| URL: | http://www.freepint.com/go/b10436 |
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Does anyone have an idea where I might find the origin of the obscure term "sercy," meaning a small gift. So far I have only found one reference to it at all, using Google, but there was no explanation. I have also tried:
The OED
Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
Webster's New 3rd International Encyclopedia of the English Language
Dictionary of American Slang
Three different etiquette books
None of them list it. |
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 | Sercy | | Does anyone have an idea where I might find the origin of the obscure term "sercy," meaning a small gift. ... |
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Charles Wiggins |
13/06/01 22:57 |
10436 |
 | Re: Sercy | | This should take you to a discussion of 'surcee', which appears to be the same word.
http://www.word-detective.com/100297.html
John.
Stock Resources Manager, Devon ... |
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John Stephens |
15/06/01 11:50 |
10487 |
| | Re: Sercy | | Thanks John. How did you hit on that page? Had you heard the term before? |
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Charles Wiggins |
15/06/01 14:16 |
10498 |
| | Re: Sercy | | No, Charles, just tried what I thought were a couple of likely alternative spellings in Google...Lucky, I guess.
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John Stephens |
15/06/01 14:21 |
10500 |
| | Re: Sercy | | Hi Charles, I'm sorry I don't know the answer, but have you tried contacting the folks at U Wisconsin who ... |
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Annette Laitinen |
14/06/01 22:34 |
10469 |
| | Re: Sercy | | This word may well be related to the mythological Greek witch, Circe, who initially turned Odysseus's companions into swine, but ... |
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Lynn |
15/06/01 12:16 |
10490 |
| | Re: Sercy | | Thanks a bunch. I had already given that explanation some thought, but couldn't find anything to substantiate it, since ... |
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Charles Wiggins |
15/06/01 14:18 |
10499 |
| | Re: Sercy | | It didn't automatically occur to me - being one of those who pronounce Circe as sur-key! But it came ... |
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Lynn |
15/06/01 14:28 |
10501 |
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