| | :::::To the extent that proper nouns generally can be said to have "entered the lexicon", different rules would seem to apply for many cases. Witness: taxonomic names and toponyms. Surnames would certainly be distinct. Are we saying that only surnames with famous holders should be included? Does the occurrence of a name as an author count? Doesn't this create a cultural bias? I don't see how we can avoid either more specific rules or much more casuistry on RfV and RfD. Or we could leave such matters to WP and Wikispecies. [[User: DCDuring |DCDuring]] <small >[[User talk: DCDuring|TALK]]</small > 16:24, 19 May 2011 (UTC) | | :::::To the extent that proper nouns generally can be said to have "entered the lexicon", different rules would seem to apply for many cases. Witness: taxonomic names and toponyms. Surnames would certainly be distinct. Are we saying that only surnames with famous holders should be included? Does the occurrence of a name as an author count? Doesn't this create a cultural bias? I don't see how we can avoid either more specific rules or much more casuistry on RfV and RfD. Or we could leave such matters to WP and Wikispecies. [[User: DCDuring |DCDuring]] <small >[[User talk: DCDuring|TALK]]</small > 16:24, 19 May 2011 (UTC) |
| | Sense - English verb. Not in the OED. Popeye quote seems real though. [[User:SemperBlotto|SemperBlotto]] 21:26, 8 May 2011 (UTC) | | Sense - English verb. Not in the OED. Popeye quote seems real though. [[User:SemperBlotto|SemperBlotto]] 21:26, 8 May 2011 (UTC) |
| | ::Yes, the etymology is crazy. May we remove it? In northern England, "darest" is still sometimes pronounced "duss" or "daas" (with a long "a"). It doesn't take much to shorten the "a" as the word crossed the Atlantic. [[User:Dbfirs|''<font face="verdana"><font color="blue">D</font><font color="#00ccff">b</font><font color="#44ffcc">f</font><font color="66ff66">i</font><font color="44ee44">r</font><font color="44aa44">s</font></font>'']] 11:07, 11 December 2011 (UTC) | | ::Yes, the etymology is crazy. May we remove it? In northern England, "darest" is still sometimes pronounced "duss" or "daas" (with a long "a"). It doesn't take much to shorten the "a" as the word crossed the Atlantic. [[User:Dbfirs|''<font face="verdana"><font color="blue">D</font><font color="#00ccff">b</font><font color="#44ffcc">f</font><font color="66ff66">i</font><font color="44ee44">r</font><font color="44aa44">s</font></font>'']] 11:07, 11 December 2011 (UTC) |
