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Post by kaima on Nov 29, 2006 3:15:15 GMT -7
OK, bimber in Polish is supposed to translate to hootch or moonshine in American.
Can any of our fine Polish mavens give me the etymology of this word? Is it borrowed or based on a German dialect, perhaps, as 'bembel' for crock jug or pitcher?
Just curious, and wanted to use a few 50 zloty words in this posting!
Kai
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Post by jimpres on Nov 30, 2006 2:03:00 GMT -7
Kai,
Looks like bimber is home made alcohol.
Google search revels this: bimber hooch, bootleg, illegally distilled liquor
Jim
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Post by rdywenur on Nov 30, 2006 4:15:18 GMT -7
Yes guys I got the same returns. Does not really say how the word was derived. Maybe Kai you are right in your thinking of bembel. Apparently those Arkansas rednecks did not invent this. It has been around for centuries. ;D
First time I heard the word hooch was from my German GF who was making it with cherries. (well actually her BF was making it)
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Post by bescheid on Nov 30, 2006 8:47:22 GMT -7
Ok guys, since I was confused with why for Arkansas was pronounced other then Kansas. I had to redeem my self with this: Research produced this answer as that of being in origin in Kai,s area of the woods. seems to originated in an Indian tribe in Alaska {USA} and was called originally as {Hoochinoo} by the Indian tribe of {Tlingit} during the 1890,s gold rush in Alaska. www.answers.com/main/ntq-tname-hooch-fts_start-Charles |
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Post by kaima on Nov 30, 2006 9:29:08 GMT -7
Thanks for trying, guys & gals. I am still hoping some native Pole with their equivalent of the Oxford dictionary will give the origin, but I appreciate your contributions.
Charles, You get me off to some wild asides! I never read the origine of hooch before, and you can see that reflected in my spelling (I added a 't'). That gives me more of the background on where the name "Molly Hooch" came from... I neveer looked hooch before. Molly Hooch wa a native who sued the State of Alaska to provide local schooling for native children instead of distant boarding schools. Today we have schools in all villages and regional high schools. The first villages I worked in measured their schools as "two teacher" and "three teacher" schools. From that point on it gets more complicated and expensive due to remoteness ...
Now Folks, about the origin of Polish Bimber ...
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Post by rdywenur on Nov 30, 2006 16:59:23 GMT -7
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Post by bescheid on Nov 30, 2006 17:20:45 GMT -7
Oh dear my, that was good Chris ;D Now not sure of my chi chi chen or what....... Charles |
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Post by rdywenur on Nov 30, 2006 19:13:56 GMT -7
Charles after some of Kai's Hooch it won't really mattter ;D ;D ;D
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