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|Headline=Italian Dictionary's "Cricket-a-wicket" doubted as reference to the Game of Cricket | |Headline=Italian Dictionary's "Cricket-a-wicket" doubted as reference to the Game of Cricket | ||
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|Text=<p>"People have often regarded Florio's expression in his Italian Dictionary (1598) <i>cricket-a-wicket</i> as the first mention [cf #158.2 and #1598.3, above] of the noble game. It were strange indeed if this great word first dropped from the pen of an Italian! I have no doubt myself that this is a mere coincidence of sound. . . . [C]ricket-a-wicket must pair off with 'helter-skelter,' higgledy-piggledy, and <i>Tarabara</i> to which Florio gives gives cricket-a-wicket as an equivalent."</p> | |Text=<p>"People have often regarded Florio's expression in his Italian Dictionary (1598) <i>cricket-a-wicket</i> as the first mention [cf #158.2 and #1598.3, above] of the noble game. It were strange indeed if this great word first dropped from the pen of an Italian! I have no doubt myself that this is a mere coincidence of sound. . . . [C]ricket-a-wicket must pair off with 'helter-skelter,' higgledy-piggledy, and <i>Tarabara</i> to which Florio gives gives cricket-a-wicket as an equivalent."</p> | ||
<p>A.G. Steel and R. H. Lyttelton, <u>Cricket,</u> (Longmans Green, London, 1890) 4<sup>th</sup> edition, page 6.<b> Note:</b> do later writers agree that this was mere coincidence?</p> | <p>A.G. Steel and R. H. Lyttelton, <u>Cricket,</u> (Longmans Green, London, 1890) 4<sup>th</sup> edition, page 6.<b> Note:</b> do later writers agree that this was mere coincidence?</p> | ||
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| Text | "People have often regarded Florio's expression in his Italian Dictionary (1598) cricket-a-wicket as the first mention [cf #158.2 and #1598.3, above] of the noble game. It were strange indeed if this great word first dropped from the pen of an Italian! I have no doubt myself that this is a mere coincidence of sound. . . . [C]ricket-a-wicket must pair off with 'helter-skelter,' higgledy-piggledy, and Tarabara to which Florio gives gives cricket-a-wicket as an equivalent." A.G. Steel and R. H. Lyttelton, Cricket, (Longmans Green, London, 1890) 4th edition, page 6. Note: do later writers agree that this was mere coincidence? |
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