A mazer
Hank Schwartz
It's an earlier version of the lazer. It's an acronym and stands for:
microrave amplification by ztimulated emission of radiation
Uh.....
Abby Sale wrote:
> Would and familiar with the Northumberlandic tongue be able to tell me what
> "mazer" means. Seems sort of from context to be 'one who amazes' or else
> from the dictionary 'a large (wooden) drinking vessel.'
>
> I thank you very much.
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Bob Spowart
Abby Sale wrote in message <37ee5c61...@cnews.newsguy.com>...
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>Would and familiar with the Northumberlandic tongue be able to tell me what
>"mazer" means. Seems sort of from context to be 'one who amazes' or else
>from the dictionary 'a large (wooden) drinking vessel.'
>
Mazor". Chorus goes:-
Wor Nan's a Mazor,
and a Mazor she'll remain,
As lang as aah live aal nivor forget
the day we missed the train.
Bob
Paul Burke
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> Abby Sale wrote in message <37ee5c61...@cnews.newsguy.com>...
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> >Would and familiar with the Northumberlandic tongue be able to tell me what
> >"mazer" means.
Geordie is a funny language. One of their favourite songs refers to:
'aal the lads and lasses there, aal wi' smellin' faeces'
I'll work it out one day.
Paul Burke
Abby Sale
wrote:
>It's an earlier version of the lazer. It's an acronym and stands for:
>
>microrave amplification by ztimulated emission of radiation
>
>Uh.....
Well that answers another question I've wondered anyway. Obviously you get
"zapped" by the thing because you've been "ztimulated."
(No, I'm really not in any position to rag someone about typos.)
Speaking of which, I was saddened to see today that the great Dan Quayle,
who likely spells that "typoes," won't be running for president after all.
So many quashed Quayle quotes we'll never see now...
David Harris
laser -"Microwave Amplification (by the ) Stimulated Emission (of)
Radiation"
God only know what the Geordies think it is :))
David
Abby Sale
wrote:
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>Geordie is a funny language. One of their favourite songs refers to:
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>'aal the lads and lasses there, aal wi' smellin' faeces'
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I'd bet as much as 10 cents that's "smiling faces." Reading AL Lloyd's
notes, Armstrong's spelling was basically tortured/phonetic. It's its own
version of Northumberlandic (there are a number of Geordie dialects)
generally called "pitmatic." (Makes sense) And widespread for all miners.
But while each area might insist its own spelling is correct, it varries
widely, anyway. Armstrong (continues Lloyd) was not consistant in
spelling. That also makes sense to me in that he was attempting phonetics
for the song rather than making a standardized lexicon. Lloyd is
justified, therefore, in updating Armstrong's spelling in Lloyd's printing
of the songs.
But I wish he'd included a glossary. What's a mazer?
Mick Pearce
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>Would and familiar with the Northumberlandic tongue be able to tell me what
>from the dictionary 'a large (wooden) drinking vessel.'
Abby - I'd always assumed it meant (as you assume) 'one who
amazes/astonishes' (although I come from Middlesbrough, which is a bit
further South than Tommy Armstrong's area').
You might like to consult the site:
http://www.geordiepride.demon.co.uk/dictionary.htm
(The New Geordie Dictionary: "This dictionary could probably be described
as an abbreviation of Heslop's Northumberland Words (1892). it is based on
that book, and morever it is almost a direct copy of the pages in The New
Geordie Dictionary, as edited by Frank Graham"), where the definition is
given as:
MAZER. A wonder, an eccentric. Well known word from Tommie Armstrongs
famous Song - Wor Nannie's a mazor.
Mick
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Alan Crozier
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>Abby - I'd always assumed it meant (as you assume) 'one who
>amazes/astonishes' (although I come from Middlesbrough, which is a bit
>further South than Tommy Armstrong's area').
At last - the right definition! My Scottish dictionary likewise has the verb
"maze", meaning "to amaze".
Alan
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Abby Sale
<mickp...@dial.pipex.com> wrote:
>You might like to consult the site:
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> http://www.geordiepride.demon.co.uk/dictionary.htm
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> MAZER. A wonder, an eccentric. Well known word from Tommie Armstrongs
>famous Song - Wor Nannie's a mazor.
>
That's it, then. Thank you, sir. The URL is definately bookmarked.