Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 13:47:38 EST
From: Allan Metcalf AAllan[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM
Subject: ADS newsletter on the web?

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Dear Diane,
I've been very negligent about sending you things for the ADS website. Now
I'm hoping to turn over a new leaf. I've just finished the January 1998 ADS
newsletter, and I've used PageMaker 6.5 to convert it to HTML.
I will try to attach the HTML file to this message. Its name is
NADSJan1998.html. Please let me know if you get it and if it works. And if it
does, we can then proudly announce it on ADS-L. If it doesn't, I'll try
alternatives.
Thanks very much! Best wishes - Allan

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Topics of the day:

1. canoodle and chum
2. "nudeln", "knudeln", & "canoodle" (3)

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Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 11:38:07 -0500
From: "Dennis R. Preston" preston[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]PILOT.MSU.EDU
Subject: Re: canoodle and chum

The Ca- (Ka-) 'augmentative' prefix (which may or may not be there in
'canoodle') is the subject of a paper by Fred Cassidy in AmerSpch, as I
recall (but my recaller is not in as good shape as it used to be).

dInIs



s Hi!

With "chum," I know that I cannot help; but with "canoodle," maybe.

I suspect that "canoodle" may be derived from a GERMAN dialectical usage of
the verb
"nudeln," which means "to cuddle." "Nudeln" can also mean, in dialect,
"umarmen,"
or "to embrace" or "to hug."

As for the "ca" in "canoodle," I've not a clue, although it may just be a
jumping-off, bounce, or
pick-up syllable to add additional weight or emphasis to the "noo" syllable.
But NOT as in "NU? I can help you?", since THAT "Nu" is Russian,
although this Slavic "Nu" is prominent in Yiddish, as well.
How did I get from Minsk to Pinsk with a "nu?"

Shmuel



I'm looking into two etymologies: the slang "canoodle" (to kiss, hug,
fondle) as well as the fishing term "chum" (cut-up fish that is used as a
lure). Sources so far have said origin "unknown" or "obscure." Anyone have
any ideas?
Karen Lubell
Researcher
William Safire's "On Language"
The New York Times


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