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OK: This list is a little different. Since mid-March I've been here in Spain, trying to learn the language. Al...celestina, regaliz, bombon, pompon, murcielago, quebrantahuesos, culebrón, once-m, membrillo, matasuegras, trabalenguas, rascacielos and 80 more...
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sionnach A google search shows, for instance, that the OED identifies 'licoriz' as an earlier form of the word 'licorice'.
'Licoriz' also shows up on a couple of Spanish-language sites, but I think this is just as a Spanglish version of 'licorice'. 'licoriz' does not appear in the dictionary of the RAE (REAL ACADEMIA ESPAÑOLA), which is the usual arbiter for deciding whether or not something is a legitimate Spanish word. Dec 12, 2008
whichbe Is there any relation to this word and the ghosted word licoriz? Dec 12, 2008
reesetee Thanks for the explanation, sionnach--don't you love those "Aha!" moments? That phenomenon has always interested me as well. Aug 29, 2007
sionnach Regaliz is the Spanish word for licorice (liquorice?). For weeks I struggled with this word, because it seemed to bear no relation to anything. Then, one day, as I was reading an article about events in some North African country the paper kept calling "Argel", wondering where in hell they were talking about, the penny finally dropped. Argel is Algeria - I had been fooled once again by the random l-r switch. The penny dropped again - regaliz is just another example of the same phenomenon. As is the word for miracle - milagro.
If any linguists out there would like to comment on this phenomenon, I'd be very interested. Aug 28, 2007