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 #2 (permalink) Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:06 pm What a slugabed! |
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| My dictionary says that slugabed has its origins in the late 16th century. I personally have never heard the word, but it seems useful, because there is no word in my vocabulary for such a person. |
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Jamie (K)
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| #3 (permalink) Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:14 pm Sleepyhead? |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: |
| My dictionary says that slugabed has its origins in the late 16th century. I personally have never heard the word, but it seems useful, because there is no word in my vocabulary for such a person. |
An approximation of this definition in Spanish would be 'dormil?n', translated as 'sleepyhead', but it's more general, I'd say. In French you say "faire la grasse matin?e" (also a beloved expression!), literally 'have a fat morning', but I don't know of any adjective for it. |
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Conchita
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| #4 (permalink) Thu Apr 06, 2006 13:31 pm Slugabed |
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Hi Concita,
Yes, I know it well. Maybe I'm showing my age. A slugabed is a sort of Oblomov.
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| #5 (permalink) Thu Apr 06, 2006 13:47 pm Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov |
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| Hi Alan, so have you read Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov? How did you like the novel? |
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| #6 (permalink) Thu Apr 06, 2006 21:42 pm Slugabed/Oblomov |
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| Alan wrote: |
Hi Concita,
Yes, I know it well. Maybe I'm showing my age. A slugabed is a sort of Oblomov.
Alan |
You could have said it with upturned words, Alan, it would have been just as clear to me :lol:. No, really, it sounded like ‘A debaguls is a sort of Vomolbo’!! OK, the first word was by now familiar, but I had never heard the noun ‘Oblomov’. I’ve just looked it up and am less confused now. |
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Conchita
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