Jon Gabriel wrote: > > >From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: Definitiions (was Intellectual output from the Arab World) > >Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 11:46:30 +0200 > > > >At 00:10 05-10-2002 -0500, The Fool foolishly blated: > > The word I believe you were looking for is 'blatted'? It means either a > loud noise or the noise a sheep makes, IIRC. Been up since 2:30 -- too lazy > to check the dictionary, but I'm nearly positive that 'blated' isn't an > English word. > > Or are ye speakin' Dutch? :-)
"Blated" would be the past tense of "blate", which is found in the OED. (Variant of "bleat".) It's not a terribly common word, though. "Blat", with past tense "blatted", would be a little more common, and inclides "to talk noisily or impulsively". "Bleat", of which "blate" is a variant, includes "To give mouth to, babble, prate." So, add a new word to the vocabulary of those who thought "blated" was a mistake. (That includes myself.) Julia _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l