RUMMAGE _ ‘Arrimage‘ is French for the ship’s cargo. Damaged and unwanted goods were sold at an arrimage sale, hence the derivation of today’s rummage sale. ‘Rummaging‘ — searching through a jumble — comes from this nautical source.
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– The Pirate Dictionary by Terry Breverton.
Lydia Sharp
May 7, 2010 at 6:44 am
Very interesting. That’s one of my favorite words. 🙂
Also, I wanted to say I like the new set-up here. Very clean and easy on the eyes. Nice work!
nelsonleith
May 7, 2010 at 7:14 am
Sadly, it has nothing to do with rum. (Unless rum is the cargo!)
And, thanks! This theme certainly has more room. I’m thinking of applying Typekits fonts to it; I prefer the serifs.