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Post by wingsofbutterflies on Mar 23, 2012 15:26:16 GMT -5
Cuckoo is very good, but in my Finnish ear, the word "cuckoo" sounds funny. When we (Finnish) want to surprise a small child we say "kukkuu", and I can not get off the feeling that when Adam says "cuckoo", he comes out from hiding and to surprise the child. (The Finns know what I mean.)  Hahah, kukuu has the same meaning in my language. It also means a potty. ;D |
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Post by gelly14 on Mar 23, 2012 15:28:06 GMT -5
twitter.com/#!/alikat_56 If you read all her tweets you'll see that they waited for him at the lobby and his mgm told them to go because Adam was busy and he had to go to amazon.com. I don't want to comment on her tweets though.
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Post by melliemom on Mar 23, 2012 15:34:05 GMT -5
They're not about Adam. They are talking about his mgm. And I take all this with a grain of salt. You're right Gelly I deleted .. well I tried to delete ,not working.. sigh. |
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Post by melliemom on Mar 23, 2012 15:35:11 GMT -5
They're not about Adam. They are talking about his mgm. And I take all this with a grain of salt. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2012 15:37:39 GMT -5
NNN tapes, in Los Angeles on April 5th. IMO, it would be impossible for Adam to do Idol on this date.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2012 15:39:41 GMT -5
Cuckoo is very good, but in my Finnish ear, the word "cuckoo" sounds funny. When we (Finnish) want to surprise a small child we say "kukkuu", and I can not get off the feeling that when Adam says "cuckoo", he comes out from hiding and to surprise the child. (The Finns know what I mean.) Hahah, kukuu has the same meaning in my language. It also means a potty. ;D Almost certainly OT, but: My grandmother (1899-1956) used the expression "cucking chair" for a potty and "cucker" for what goes in the potty. She was the daughter of Scottish immigrants. It is a VERY old expression in English and I have actually never heard anyone else who uses it (except my dad who grew up with it). Derivation is interesting: from Greek kakken (to void excrement) to Latin caccere to Middle English cakken. Cuckoo is a sound-alike with a completely different derivation: Greek kokkyx to Latin cuculus to Old French cucu to Middle English cuccu. Just thought it was interesting ... carry on ...  |
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Post by leenaseyez on Mar 23, 2012 15:49:06 GMT -5
Hahah, kukuu has the same meaning in my language. It also means a potty. ;D Almost certainly OT, but: My grandmother (1899-1956) used the expression "cucking chair" for a potty and "cucker" for what goes in the potty. She was the daughter of Scottish immigrants. It is a VERY old expression in English and I have actually never heard anyone else who uses it (except my dad who grew up with it). Derivation is interesting: from Greek kakken (to void excrement) to Latin caccere to Middle English cakken. Cuckoo is a sound-alike with a completely different derivation: Greek kokkyx to Latin cuculus to Old French cucu to Middle English cuccu. Just thought it was interesting ... carry on ... In Finnish, and assume in other languages as well this a sound that a bird "cuckoo" is making. KUKKUU. So when surprising little children we actually mimicing the cockoo clock, where from the bird comes out as a surprise. At least I assume it is the same for all? |
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Post by ileanne on Mar 23, 2012 15:53:43 GMT -5
Squeeeeeeeee! Album release date......so happy!!!!  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2012 15:54:35 GMT -5
Almost certainly OT, but: My grandmother (1899-1956) used the expression "cucking chair" for a potty and "cucker" for what goes in the potty. She was the daughter of Scottish immigrants. It is a VERY old expression in English and I have actually never heard anyone else who uses it (except my dad who grew up with it). Derivation is interesting: from Greek kakken (to void excrement) to Latin caccere to Middle English cakken. Cuckoo is a sound-alike with a completely different derivation: Greek kokkyx to Latin cuculus to Old French cucu to Middle English cuccu. Just thought it was interesting ... carry on ... In Finnish, and assume in other languages as well this a sound that a bird "cuckoo" is making. KUKKUU. So when surprising little children we actually mimicing the cockoo clock, where from the bird comes out as a surprise. At least I assume it is the same for all? Yes, exactly. Resemblance to the other word is coincidental but I thought it was interesting to see that the European languages all have these two words (even if the "potty" word in English is almost entirely extinct). |
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