SV: banana sorry--off topic

[Kristinn Leifsson]

Já halló!  Það er alveg rétt hjá ykkur að orðið "hnakkr" er íslenskt.  Hins 
vegar er nútímaleg ritun á því "hnakkur" :)

Well Mr. Wordaday, feast on this!

Kristinn




At 22:45 6.8.2000 -0700, you wrote:
>Knacker. 1. A harness or saddle maker (Icel. hnakkr - a saddle)
>
>Webster's New International Dictionary, 1936 model
>
>Tom Wordaday
>
>Susan Kline wrote:
> >
> > At 12:47 PM 08/06/2000 -0400, you wrote:
> > >Barrie;
> > >  What is a "Knacker"?
> > >Jim Bryant (FL)
> >
> > I'm not Barrie, either, but I think a "knacker" is the
> > butcher in a slaughterhouse, specializing in worn-out
> > horses. Slaughterhouse = knacker's yard. That's why
> > some of the British TV has characters wandering in with
> > bleared eyes and wrinkled clothes and saying they are
> > knackered. They used to be offered a cup of tea, but
> > that seems to be dying out.
> >
> > Susan