Comments on: Financial Times 13,497 / Hamilton http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/09/22/financial-times-13497-hamilton/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sat, 25 May 2013 07:48:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Gaufrid http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/09/22/financial-times-13497-hamilton/#comment-121919 Gaufrid Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:44:04 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=21359#comment-121919 Hi octofem
It’s good to hear from you again. Thanks for the info on ‘reach’

Hi Eileen
Thanks for the Chambers reference. In the electronic version of the 11th Ed. there is no second entry for ‘reach’ which is why I was unable to find it. There is also no second entry for ‘retch’, as there is in the hardback version, so in future I will have to check the book itself if I cannot find a connection between the definition and answer.

]]> By: Eileen http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/09/22/financial-times-13497-hamilton/#comment-121916 Eileen Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:33:35 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=21359#comment-121916 Here in Leicestershire, too, octofem – or at least so I thought as a child. Later on, when I saw ‘retch’ written down, I just thought I’d been imagining it spelt wrongly.

Gaufrid [thanks for the blog] Chambers has ‘reach² obsolete or dialect form of retch’, which makes it a poor clue, I think.

]]> By: octofem http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/09/22/financial-times-13497-hamilton/#comment-121911 octofem Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:09:11 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=21359#comment-121911 PS. That was not quite in the 19th century I assure you!

]]> By: octofem http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/09/22/financial-times-13497-hamilton/#comment-121910 octofem Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:07:53 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=21359#comment-121910 Hi Gaufrid. When I was growing up on Tyneside, the word ‘reach’ was always used for strained vomiting. A poisoned cat, for instance , would be said to be ‘reaching’ on the front lawn. Probably just a mispronunciation originally.

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