Talk:gremlin

Kremlin

Could this word be a mere fanciful variant of Kremlin, a word with which we would have already been familiar? Granted one major flaw in my theory is that in 1943 we were working very closely with the Soviets, and we would be unlikely to throw an insult their way in the middle of the war .... but the West has had a difficult relationship with Russia for a long time, even when formally part of the same military alliance. Thoughts? —Soap— 18:10, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

@Soap: probably best to discuss this at the Etymology Scriptorium, though there isn't any evidence for this theory in the standard reference works. — SGconlaw (talk) 18:16, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

late reply. sorry, Im not sure how I missed that this was in use in the 1920s. The children's book might have chosen the word on purpose for its phonetic similarity to Kremlin, but that's not what I was looking for in my original post .... I just somehow didnt read the etymology section properly and thought that the word was made up for the books. —Soap— 09:36, 22 November 2022 (UTC)