tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post7289377941961769439..comments2024-03-29T01:24:45.251+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: A Philological questionFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-58795928149524469792019-02-22T17:20:05.036+00:002019-02-22T17:20:05.036+00:00In Portuguese the term generally employed is "...In Portuguese the term generally employed is "compadre", and cronyism would be "compadrismo".Marco da Vinhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06092410765851812842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-73266493305324764322019-02-21T18:11:49.123+00:002019-02-21T18:11:49.123+00:00In Swedish it is either "svågerpolitik",...In Swedish it is either "svågerpolitik", brother-in-law politics, or "vänskapskorruption", friendship corruption.<br /><br />MarianaMarianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06107090658878889925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-4258167487360000682019-02-21T15:11:47.590+00:002019-02-21T15:11:47.590+00:00"Cispontine" I get it, but have never s..."Cispontine" I get it, but have never seen that word before. Took me back to high school Latin and Cisalpine Gaul. Wonderful!Christopher Uhlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986680263665654390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-76570159658199654502019-02-21T09:30:09.752+00:002019-02-21T09:30:09.752+00:00Wiktionary is indeed illuminating:
"Coined b...Wiktionary is indeed illuminating:<br /><br />"Coined between 1655 and 1665 from Ancient Greek χρόνιος (khrónios, “perennial, long-lasting”) [cf.] English chrono- (“time”), initially as Cambridge University slang, in sense of “chum”, as “friend of long standing”, with illegal connotation later. Early spellings included chrony, as in 1665 diary by Samuel Pepys, supporting the Greek origin.<brJoshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-25519127045388765322019-02-21T02:27:24.645+00:002019-02-21T02:27:24.645+00:00In Spanish we say "amigote"...In Spanish we say "amigote"...G S Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04706704741055777626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-2688490068833893072019-02-20T20:52:27.612+00:002019-02-20T20:52:27.612+00:00The usually reliable linguee.com gives various pos...The usually reliable linguee.com gives various possibilities and examples of usage for ‘cronyism’ - copinage (derived from the non-pejorative copain), népotisme and favoritisme. It struggles somewhat with ‘crony’ (apart from ‘“le crony capitalism’,fenelonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17485565734127648627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-31088689612778296982019-02-20T18:56:37.038+00:002019-02-20T18:56:37.038+00:00Is it not a Cambridge term meaning someone one has...Is it not a Cambridge term meaning someone one has known for a long time? As opposed to the Oxford use of 'chum' to indicate a person one knows well (originally from having shared living quarters as chamber mates).Surrey Highlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12825910179479759574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-50396247200611092032019-02-20T16:47:30.338+00:002019-02-20T16:47:30.338+00:00A very interesting question. The OED gives crony a...A very interesting question. The OED gives <i>crony</i> as a mid-17th word, but the citations they provide only go up to 1865, which makes me suspect that the entry hasn't been updated since the first edition of the C volume in the 1890s. The definition is "An intimate friend or associate; a ‘chum’", and all the citations are straightforward: there's no implied negative Sue Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976537787708670241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-33139499173670678992019-02-20T15:32:52.510+00:002019-02-20T15:32:52.510+00:00For questions like this I will usually consult Wik...For questions like this I will usually consult Wiktionary.<br /><br />https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crony<br /><br />There isn't much as translations go and some are just for "close friend". Trev Sliwkanichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10313368070397423302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-30568143144919047442019-02-20T15:21:46.286+00:002019-02-20T15:21:46.286+00:00The final derivative,in English, then of crony Fat...The final derivative,in English, then of crony Father ..."it is difficult of a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it"...Upton Sinclair.<br /><br />Have a pleasant day.SilverDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11919206124363132487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-37941335888952402332019-02-20T15:14:09.664+00:002019-02-20T15:14:09.664+00:00In Italian it's amicone, in the sense of sp...In Italian it's <i> amicone, </i> in the sense of <i> special friend</i>. The term <i> cronysim </i> is translated as <i> nepotismo, </i> the meaning of which is fairly clear.Eriugenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18181241796631553348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-20709319823581554842019-02-20T14:30:34.431+00:002019-02-20T14:30:34.431+00:00Crony in Italian: amichetto, compagno di merende, ...Crony in Italian: amichetto, compagno di merende, compare, sodale <br /><br />Longinushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17349877149440766708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-15523901935803154472019-02-20T11:48:01.532+00:002019-02-20T11:48:01.532+00:00In German we call the phenomenon "Vetternwirt...In German we call the phenomenon "Vetternwirtschaft" (cousin's business), specifically in Cologne also "Klüngel" (cognate to "to cling": a ball of intertwined threads). It is similar to, gut different from nepotism as far as in the latter, a person of higher status favours bis relatives and friends, whereas in the former, old friends of equal status help each Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03983955289507752980noreply@blogger.com