"pilot" を "pirate" と乳母が聞き違いたために海賊にさせられた話、 "The pirates of Penzance" の事を大分前に話題にしましたが、 "r" と "l" の発音を耳で区別できない私としては "glamour" が "grammar" から生まれたと言う ArcaMax（メルマガ）の Sept.26 記事は興味があります。
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Derived from the Latin "grammatica" and, ultimately, from the Greek word "gramma" (letter), "grammar" originally referred only to the study of language and literature. But during medieval times, it came to denote learning in general, including such occult subjects as magic and astrology.
These esoteric "dark arts" of grammar were considered to be mysterious and exciting. Soon alchemists and sorcerers had become the movie stars of medieval Europe, and "grammar" had come to mean "an alluring or fascinating attractiveness."
But how did "grammar" become "glamour"?
Like Boyle, "glamour" is a Scot. During the 1700s, the Scots replaced the "r" in "grammar" with an "l" to produce "glamer" or "glamour."
Eventually, "glamour" spread throughout English with its current meaning of "enchanting allure." Meanwhile, "grammar" withered to its original linguistic roots to mean "the study of the function and relationships of words in a sentence."
Now that "glamour" has been given a complete makeover and gained international celebrity, it's hard to believe that it once stood on the stage, dowdy and diffident, as the scholarly word "grammar." It dreamed a dream.
以下にその記事を引用します。
Derived from the Latin "grammatica" and, ultimately, from the Greek word "gramma" (letter), "grammar" originally referred only to the study of language and literature. But during medieval times, it came to denote learning in general, including such occult subjects as magic and astrology.
These esoteric "dark arts" of grammar were considered to be mysterious and exciting. Soon alchemists and sorcerers had become the movie stars of medieval Europe, and "grammar" had come to mean "an alluring or fascinating attractiveness."
But how did "grammar" become "glamour"?
Like Boyle, "glamour" is a Scot. During the 1700s, the Scots replaced the "r" in "grammar" with an "l" to produce "glamer" or "glamour."
Eventually, "glamour" spread throughout English with its current meaning of "enchanting allure." Meanwhile, "grammar" withered to its original linguistic roots to mean "the study of the function and relationships of words in a sentence."
Now that "glamour" has been given a complete makeover and gained international celebrity, it's hard to believe that it once stood on the stage, dowdy and diffident, as the scholarly word "grammar." It dreamed a dream.
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