Re: OTRe: "The Third Man" wins the Grand Prix at Cannes (17/9/1949)

On 19/09/2024 06:58, Hibou wrote:
> Le 18/09/2024 à 22:19, occam a écrit :
>>
>> Aside: Your use of the pronoun 'their' for the addle-brained Hen, is
>> that political correctness - or do you know something we don't? Just
>> asking.
> 
> It's good to see 'addle-brained' taking the air.
> 
> An oldish Collins dictionary says 'addle' is a "back-formation from
> 'addled', from C13 'addle' rotten, from Old English 'adela' filth;
> related to dialect German 'Addel' liquid manure."
> 
> Note to new parents: don't call your daughter 'Adela'.
> 

Quite right. Too close to Nutella.