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completed, but would like a couple of explanations -
38) Got the answer, but can find no online reference to 'misnamed by David Livingstone'?
Can an aber clarify what the above words in the clue are alluding to - what was the misnaming?
11a) Have the answer - understand the reference to Puseyite; not sure of the reference to Limehouse (is it simply that it took its name from the kilns which preceded shipping as the main industry?
38) Got the answer, but can find no online reference to 'misnamed by David Livingstone'?
Can an aber clarify what the above words in the clue are alluding to - what was the misnaming?
11a) Have the answer - understand the reference to Puseyite; not sure of the reference to Limehouse (is it simply that it took its name from the kilns which preceded shipping as the main industry?
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11a Try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limehouse
see paragraph 'Significant events in politics'
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see paragraph 'Significant events in politics'
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38a My daughter got this one first and can't remember where she found it ,but I've just looked at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyasa
Seems to me Livingstone didn't misname it at the time he found it. He simply gave it a name, which was subsequently disputed...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyasa
Seems to me Livingstone didn't misname it at the time he found it. He simply gave it a name, which was subsequently disputed...
Thanks Rose Maybud -
11a) I cannot see how the two political events referred to in wikepedia turn the word Limehouse into a 'nonce word?
( Limehouse was already a word in existence, whereas a 'nonce word' which is defined as - Specially coined word;�a word that is coined for a single occasion.)
38a) I did look at wikepedia and many other sources provided by googling - but, I found no information on Livingstone's 'misnamed' ?
just wondering if any aber can be authoritive on this - what was the 'misnaming' by Livingstone?
11a) I cannot see how the two political events referred to in wikepedia turn the word Limehouse into a 'nonce word?
( Limehouse was already a word in existence, whereas a 'nonce word' which is defined as - Specially coined word;�a word that is coined for a single occasion.)
38a) I did look at wikepedia and many other sources provided by googling - but, I found no information on Livingstone's 'misnamed' ?
just wondering if any aber can be authoritive on this - what was the 'misnaming' by Livingstone?
11a I can only come up with the suggestion that it's not the word 'Limehouse' that's the nonce word: it's the meaning of the word at that time.
Similarly with Puseyite. To me a Puseyite is simply a follower of Dr Pusey (vague memories of the name in O-level history!).
Perhaps what the words have in common is the nonconformist/dissenting trend. This would have been a thorn in someone's flesh and that someone may well have wanted a derogatory term at that time.
I can think of several instances in the past year where the suffix -ite has been added to a politician's name. It won't mean a thing in 10 years time.
Even the word 'nonce' has changed its meaning ...
Similarly with Puseyite. To me a Puseyite is simply a follower of Dr Pusey (vague memories of the name in O-level history!).
Perhaps what the words have in common is the nonconformist/dissenting trend. This would have been a thorn in someone's flesh and that someone may well have wanted a derogatory term at that time.
I can think of several instances in the past year where the suffix -ite has been added to a politician's name. It won't mean a thing in 10 years time.
Even the word 'nonce' has changed its meaning ...
About Livingstone ..this is only a blog, but suggests a possible misunderstanding in the first paragraph
http://my.opera.com/filipinaballerina/blog/200 8/09/14/lake-nyasa-a-tale-in-two-parts
There is also a reference to the same misunderstanding in a JSTOR article which I can't open.
http://my.opera.com/filipinaballerina/blog/200 8/09/14/lake-nyasa-a-tale-in-two-parts
There is also a reference to the same misunderstanding in a JSTOR article which I can't open.
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