tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post2301821278551289342..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: LoblollyNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-46496853048294428162020-09-04T00:31:42.794+01:002020-09-04T00:31:42.794+01:00As I recall, Wikipedia suggests that "lobloll...As I recall, Wikipedia suggests that "loblolly" was applied to mud or mires because of texture: in England, loblolly was porridge.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-27399064955018996852020-09-02T11:09:47.382+01:002020-09-02T11:09:47.382+01:00Yes, it would have been a filthy occupation. Yes, it would have been a filthy occupation. Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-87656010037998552642020-09-02T06:11:18.308+01:002020-09-02T06:11:18.308+01:00Mire, mudhole -something to do with doing the dirt...Mire, mudhole -something to do with doing the dirty work, of whatever nature?bootless tishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03433731063537275038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-77272188725599317052020-09-01T10:57:40.120+01:002020-09-01T10:57:40.120+01:00Thanks George – 'loblolly pine' does ring ...Thanks George – 'loblolly pine' does ring a faint bell – and yes Worm I'm sure the word must be in one or both of those, just the kind of thing Forrester and O'Brian liked. I wonder how on earth it came to mean what it did...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-71477591238130373552020-09-01T10:20:33.252+01:002020-09-01T10:20:33.252+01:00Apart from the Larkin's Toads that we studied ...Apart from the Larkin's Toads that we studied at school, Ive heard it a few times as a whimsical insult, and I recall it being featured in either the Aubrey/Maturin novels or Hornblower that I read as a teenager wormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802335627720182532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-26047772903110639562020-08-31T22:29:47.717+01:002020-08-31T22:29:47.717+01:00I had never heard the expression, except in "...I had never heard the expression, except in "loblolly pine", a very common pine in the southeastern United States. Wikipedia says that in the southern US, "loblolly" can mean mudhole or mire, and loblolly pines thrive in swampy ground.<br /><br />It never occurred to me to wonder what Larkin meant by "loblolly-men."Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.com