Talk:wale
Latest comment: 17 years ago by Andrew massyn
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I've put RfV on the Verbal sense of wale because it just looks like a mispelling of wail and if so it needs removing, if it colloquial we need cites and it would also be good to know where it is used colloquially.--Williamsayers79 08:32, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
- The OED has the first sense (and I can't see much difference between that and the second). Misspelling...makes me think of "Oh wale may the keel row, the keel row, the keel row"...or is my idea of a Geordie accent just too off the beam ;-) --Enginear 12:17, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
- I've done some researching on the internet and have amalgamated the first two suspect senses and don't have a problem with them any more. But it is the drukeness reference that I can't find any thing for.--Williamsayers79 12:48, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
- Same here. I've cited the to beat sense (with some difficulty, since the Scots verb is much more prevalent) but not found anything for the make intoxicated sense. --Enginear 14:23, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
I'm damn sure that the beat sense is substandard spelling for "whale" (for which we dont yet have the verbal definition). I am marking it as such.- Actually having looked it up it appears to be a variant
- Same here. I've cited the to beat sense (with some difficulty, since the Scots verb is much more prevalent) but not found anything for the make intoxicated sense. --Enginear 14:23, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
As for the drunk sense, I am removing it as I have been unable to find it. Andrew massyn 20:29, 10 November 2006 (UTC)