tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378530220174928746.post6375179324480230495..comments2024-01-02T00:00:22.781-08:00Comments on csperryess: Fiasco!CS Perryesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01011651595792156574noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378530220174928746.post-75586335792114390452017-03-17T18:02:19.845-07:002017-03-17T18:02:19.845-07:00I suppose a hullabaloo-ish greeting would involve ...I suppose a hullabaloo-ish greeting would involve the smashing of pots & pans & a whoopee cushion or two.CS Perryesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01011651595792156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378530220174928746.post-73883863294049850832017-03-17T10:13:43.768-07:002017-03-17T10:13:43.768-07:00Great fun, frolicking words. Reading them made my ...Great fun, frolicking words. Reading them made my thoughts bounce. I could see you greeting people with a great big Hullabaloo! Can't you? Christine Ahernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18332152375980196208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378530220174928746.post-78637131922385831572017-03-17T08:45:06.015-07:002017-03-17T08:45:06.015-07:00It is good to be easily amused. Perhaps you should...It is good to be easily amused. Perhaps you should compile your u-word research & send a note off to the Scrabble manufacturer to re-think the number of u tiles in the game.CS Perryesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01011651595792156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378530220174928746.post-36355990128348651052017-03-16T23:21:43.050-07:002017-03-16T23:21:43.050-07:00I am amused by the number of wurds which have &quo...I am amused by the number of wurds which have "u" in them; I am easily amused.Steve Figlurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378530220174928746.post-48441445638600531982017-03-16T20:43:41.358-07:002017-03-16T20:43:41.358-07:00Hey Anne - maybe in your next book, Camilla and Pl...Hey Anne - maybe in your next book, Camilla and Plant can run into Hester Hullabaloo, who has as a story to tell.CS Perryesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01011651595792156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378530220174928746.post-18368154792561928162017-03-16T20:40:16.316-07:002017-03-16T20:40:16.316-07:00These are some of my favorite words. So it's f...These are some of my favorite words. So it's fascinating to know that many of them came to English via some murky paths. Fiasco makes some sense. If everybody brought a flask of a strong beverage to the theater, I suppose it might be a fiasco. But brouhaha--that's a stretch, etymologists! Nothing very blessed about today's brouhahas. Kerfuffle is fun. I can believe the Scots thought it up. But hullabaloo comes from "hello"? There has to be a better origin story. Maybe we'll have to think of one. Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.com