- Funicular
- CIS
- Donkey Jacket
- Cagoule
- Toque
- Winkle-pickers
- Courgette
- Chook
- Meccano
- Beetle-drive
Some of these I, like courgette, I looked up in a dictionary years ago. Going on my memory for this post. Many are from recent books.
Top Ten Tuesday: Weird or Funny Things I’ve Googled Thanks to a Book
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I didn’t think about definitions for these I came across and didn’t know what they meant, I should have. This is a great list, Lisa. Being Canadian, I recognized togue and courgette right away.
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Toque is one I got from–where else? Three Pines! Gamache!
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That makes sense. 😆
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Perhaps the strangest thing I’ve Googled is “paparazzi” to find out if it was in use when the book takes place. I was right! The book takes place in 1958 but the word wasn’t coined until 1960 through a film by Federico Fellini, but only really came into popular use during the life of Princess Diana!
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Interesting! Funicular is the only one I’m familiar with… but now I need to know what a donkey jacket is!
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I just looked up winklepicker. That was totally new to me!
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I don’t have a clue what any of these mean. When I ever have extra time, I would love to research them. But, in the meantime, I will just look at them and shake my head! Fun stuff!
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Winkle-Pickers are the shoes Teddy Boys wore in swinging London in the 60s. A Donkey Jacket is kind of a baseball jacket (remember those red or blue baseball jackets little boys wore in the 50s and 60s? Half my 1st grade class wore them) only a sweatshirt fabric. There–that’s two off your list! lol
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You’ve caught me out on Toque, Chook and Beetle Drive.
I remember making a long list of words I came across when reading a book by the Indian author Rohinton Mistry. Many of them were items of clothing or food. Since I was on a flight at the time I couldn’t look them up so I saved them for when I landed and could question my colleagues in Mumbai. My team member then took me on a shopping trip so I could find out exactly what a Salwar Kameez looked like.
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Pre-internet kept a list–like Auntie Mame (by Patrick Dennis) and the vocabulary pad for Patrick. Today it usually just takes seconds. Beetle-drive though….. I gather its a game. Toque is from Chief Inspector Gamache–a ski hat or stocking cap. Chook is Aussie for chicken. Fun!
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I shoudl have recognised toque from all the louise Penny books I’ve read. Just seen some photos – it looks like an extended version of a beanie. Beetle drive doesn’t sound very exciting 🙂
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