Talk:mecka

RFV discussion: October–November 2012

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mecka

Tagged RFV by Mike in this edit, never listed. - -sche (discuss) 23:23, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Mike seems to be conceding that it's valid, but saying the meka spelling is 'preferred'. Mglovesfun (talk) 08:31, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Not all that common, but easily citable: mecka on Google Books is mostly "Mecca", but it looks like at least one "tinker". Meckar turns up several "tinker"s and there's a lot more of the same on Usenet: mecka and meckar. I don't speak Swedish, so some may not be valid, but there would seem to be enough to lose some and still have enough. Chuck Entz (talk) 14:00, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Mecka is also a spelling of Mecca, but to find the verb you should google for some of the conjugated forms (meckar, meckade, har meckat). For example, "Vi meckade med en winsch bra länge" = We tinkered with a winch for a pretty good while, in the description to this lovely Youtube video. The word is in popular use, together with swear words in snow chaos, things that seldom happen to the lexicographers of our learned academies. --LA2 (talk) 02:47, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

So... struck. - -sche (discuss) 04:04, 29 November 2012 (UTC)