Barbrieu06a2
Application questions
a. #3 (minimum 10 words)
WORD ORGIN HISTORY/MEANING
Kamikaze | Japanese | The word Kamikaze means Divine Wind - A long time ago an invading country attacked Japan by ship, but a strong wind blew across the coastline, and tipped all of the ships over, thus protecting Japan and its people. |
Booze | Dutch | The word booze has been around since the fourteenth century. It comes from the Middle Dutch verb busen, meaning to drink heavily (wordorigins.org) |
Karaoke | Japanese | The word Karaoke means empty orchestra, which translates to music with no with words. |
Karate | Japanese | The word Karate means empty hand, which translates to defend with no weapon. |
Cracker | American(southern region) | This contemptuous name for a poor, white resident of the southern United States comes from a 16th century term for a braggart or liar, one who makes cracks. (wordorigins.org) |
Crapper | British | Thomas Crapper - Crapper did not invent the flush toilet. He did, however, do much to increase the popularity of the toilet, and developed some important related inventions. He was noted for the quality of his products. (wikipedia.com) |
Halloween | Scottish | The word Halloween is a Scottish contraction of All Hallow’s Even or All Hallow’s Eve, a reference to All Saint’s Day which falls on the first of November. October 31st is the day before, or eve of, this church holiday. The contraction dates to the 18th century when it is first recorded in the Scottish folk ballad Young Tamlane: (wordorigins.org) |
Iowa | French/Sioux Tribe | The name means “sleepy ones.” The tribe bequeathed its name to the Iowa River and the river in turn gave its name to the territory. (wordorigins.org) |
Rope-a-dope | American | Rope-a-dope is a term for a boxing strategy whereby the fighter spends the early rounds in a defensive posture against the ropes, allowing the opponent to tire by hitting him. The term was coined by Muhammad Ali. (wordorigins.org) |
Mate | German | The word mate comes to us from the Middle Low German māt, meaning comrade or fellow. |
b.
#4 (minimum 5 words)
Phonetic Demand Semantic Demand Etymological Demand
sit | partial partially | angel |
hit | practical practically | Easter |
pin | minimum minimal | Lent |
tap | max maximum | quiz |
pat | politics political | United Nations |
b. #8
/c/ /j/
catch | badge |
pitch | budge |
watch | luggage |
punch | judge |
lunch | fudge |
munch | cottage |
I did notice a pattern with both sounds. Words with the /ch/ sound usually had a vowel precede the /tch/, but words that ended in /ch/ were preceded by a consonant. A Similar pattern existed in words with the /j/ sound. Words that ended in /ge/ were preceded by a consonant and words that ended /dge/ are preceded with a vowel.
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