%0 Journal Article
%T ENGLISH ETYMOLOGIES FROM THE POPULAR REGISTER (I)
%A Sayers, William
%J Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis
%V 2016
%R 10.4467/20834624SL.16.012.5681
%N Volume 133, Issue 3
%P 171-181
%K English etymology, lexical transfers, balderdash, gander, gawk, hurdy-gurdy, shenanigan, snook
%@ 1897-1059
%D 2016
%U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-linguistica-uic/artykul/english-etymologies-from-the-popular-register-i
%X 
	Difficulties in tracing the etymology of lexical isolates and loans from other languages are exemplified in the discussion of a gathering of English words previously without satisfactory explanations of origin. In particular, recognition of the adstratum effects of the Irish language on British English over several centuries prompts a call not only for numerous revisions to entries in our standard lexicographical reference works but for a fundamental rethinking of relations between these multiply overlapping speech communities.