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Giles saves the day! On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 8:40 AM, GILES GOODLAND <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > actually it is not from LC, OED derives it from the much older verb SNARK > > Corresponds to Middle Low German > and Low German > snarken > (North Frisian snarke, Swedish and Norwegian snarka), Middle High German > snarchen (German schnarchen, †schnarken), of imitative origin: compare snork > v. > > Giles > From: Jim Andrews <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Saturday, 1 October 2011, 8:22 > Subject: Re: Just imagine if all of those poets had shown up with tools in > their hands > >> What's 'snarkiness'? Something to do with the great L. C. ? > > The etymology surely involves L.C.'s Snark. But to be snarky I think is to > be somewhat angrily sarcastic. And the implication is that the sarcasm is > inappropriate, ever so slightly monstrous, ever so slightly absurd. > >> Anyway, loads has changed: there's the new fudge shop, I'm a Dad, I've got >> a mutilated hand, I've got a different computer, I've stopped smoking, and >> I'm drinking a different brand of coffee, and I've finally laminated my work >> tops. > Alec. > > I stopped smoking close to a month ago. I've quit before for several years, > but still had a desire for it. After I quit this time, a couple of friends > both recommended Allen Carr's book. And that's been an incredibly useful > book in helping me get fully free from all desire for tobacco. Now there's a > book for poets. It's quite iconoclastic, really. I highly recommend it. > > ja > >