Talk:peg
Latest comment: 6 years ago by Erutuon in topic etymology, rarity of *b
What about the sexual usage (neologism) listed on Wikipedia? I'm not sure what the convention is for neologisms. --zandperl 15:28, 28 Apr 2004 (UTC)
usage[edit]
Peg in the sense of to throw isn't exclusive to Hiberno English. Its fairly common here in Australia, and I wouldn't be surprised if it's used elsewhere. --Vladisdead 12:43, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)
etymology, rarity of *b[edit]
> This is one of the very few words in English inherited directly from Proto-Indo-European to begin with a p due to the extreme rarity of *b in Proto-Indo-European, which became *p in Proto-Germanic as described by Grimm's law.
I can't make sense of that addage, without background knowledge. Is it me or is it really written badly? 91.66.13.99 19:07, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
- @Erutuon: do you think you could improve that? --Barytonesis (talk) 19:22, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
- @Barytonesis: Thanks for the ping. There, that's a bit better. — Eru·tuon 19:33, 12 July 2017 (UTC)