Talk:upsy-daisy
Add topicLatest comment: 5 years ago by Soap in topic Etymology
Etymology
[edit]People say this when they pick their kids up and hold them upside-down, ... am I right? But dont credit me for this ... David Crystal wrote it in one of his books, ... at least I think it was him. I will try to track it down. Soap (talk) 04:30, 17 November 2019 (UTC)
- Why would you hold a child upside-down? See upsadaisy. Equinox ◑ 04:45, 17 November 2019 (UTC)
- This is also used as an encouragement or word of caution to a child when they are ascending or being lifted up to a higher position, like they are climbing up on a horse, carousel-ride, etc. Leasnam (talk) 05:04, 17 November 2019 (UTC)
- Perhaps I assumed a bit too much; Crystal merely said the word likely derives from "upside-down", and did not provide an explicit backstory for how it got that way. But that is all I was planning to add. By the way, do people look things up in the Oxford English Dictionary here? Does the OED ever have etymologies for difficult words? I'm not pretending to be helpless just to get attention .... Ive been wanting to ask this for a while but there doesnt seem to be a place to go to in order to find people with access to restricted sources as there is on Wikipedia. Please help if you can. Thanks, Soap (talk) 05:42, 17 November 2019 (UTC)
- This is also used as an encouragement or word of caution to a child when they are ascending or being lifted up to a higher position, like they are climbing up on a horse, carousel-ride, etc. Leasnam (talk) 05:04, 17 November 2019 (UTC)