{"id":3131,"date":"2023-12-23T15:37:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T15:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3131"},"modified":"2023-12-23T15:37:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T15:37:11","slug":"celtic-pathways-badgered-brochures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3131","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Badgered Brochures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Badgered Brochures\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-12-23T15:37:11+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M01S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode, we unfold the possible Celtic roots of the word brochure, and find out what it has to do with badgers.\n\n\n\nThe word brochure comes from French brochure (brocade, needlework, brochure, booklet), from brocher (to stitch, sew, brocade), ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/brochure.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.1\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9177\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3131-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/brochure.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/brochure.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/brochure.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/brochure.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3131-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/brochure.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"brochure.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode, we unfold the possible Celtic roots of the word <strong>brochure<\/strong>, and find out what it has to do with <strong>badgers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/celtiadur\/brochure.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Rotten Bran\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The word <strong>brochure<\/strong> comes from French <strong>brochure<\/strong> (brocade, needlework, brochure, booklet), from <strong>brocher<\/strong> (to stitch, sew, brocade), from Old French <em>brochier<\/em> (to jab, prod), from <em>broche<\/em> (brooch, pin), from Vulgar Latin <em>brocca<\/em>, from <em>broccus<\/em> (pointed, sharp), possibly from Gaulish <em>*brokkos<\/em> (badger), from Proto-Celtic <em>*brokkos<\/em> (badger) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/brochure#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Related words in the modern Celtic languages include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>broc<\/strong> [b\u02e0\u027e\u02e0\u0254k] = badger, or a dirty-faced or a short thick-set person in Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>broc<\/strong> [br\u0254xg] = badger, or a grumpy\/surly person in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>broc(k)<\/strong> = badger in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>broch<\/strong> [bro\u02d0\u03c7] = badger in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>brogh<\/strong> [b\u0279o\u02d0x] = badger in Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>broc\u2019h<\/strong> [\u02c8b\u0281o\u02d0x] = badger in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Words from the same Proto-Celtic root include <strong>brooch<\/strong> and <strong>brock<\/strong> (male badger &#8211; northern English dialects) in English, <strong>brock<\/strong> (badger) in Scots, <strong>broche<\/strong> (brooch, spit, spike, peg, pin) in French,  <strong>brocco<\/strong> (thorn, stick) in Italian, and <strong>broco<\/strong> (having long projecting horns; bad-tempered) in Galician [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/brokkos\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>More about words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2020\/03\/22\/badgers\/\">Badgers<\/a> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a little tune I wrote a few years ago called The Unexpected Badger \/ Y Mochyn Daear Annisgwyl, inspired by an encounter with a badger in Glencolmcille in Donegal in the northwest of Ireland:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/339162597&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/simon-ager\" title=\"Simon Ager\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Simon Ager<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/simon-ager\/the-unexpected-badger\" title=\"The Unexpected Badger \/ Y Mochyn Daear Annisgwyl\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">The Unexpected Badger \/ Y Mochyn Daear Annisgwyl<\/a><\/div>\n<p>You can find more connections between Celtic languages on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/\">Celtiadur blog<\/a>. I also write about words, etymology and other language-related topics on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/\">Omniglot Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Radio Omniglot podcasts are brought to you in association with <a href=\"https:\/\/blubrry.com\/services\/podcast-hosting\/?code=omniglot\">Blubrry Podcast Hosting<\/a>, a great place to host your podcasts. Get your first month free with the promo code <strong>omniglot<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&amp;i=b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/banners\/banner_japanesepod.jpg\" alt=\"The Fastest Way to Learn Japanese Guaranteed with JapanesePod101.com\" width=\"630\" height=\"83\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Badgered Brochures\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-12-23T15:37:11+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M01S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode, we unfold the possible Celtic roots of the word brochure, and find out what it has to do with badgers.\n\n\n\nThe word brochure comes from French brochure (brocade, needlework, brochure, booklet), from brocher (to stitch, sew, brocade), ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/brochure.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.1\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9178\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3131-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/brochure.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/brochure.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/brochure.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/brochure.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3131-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/brochure.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"brochure.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode, we unfold the possible Celtic roots of the word brochure, and find out what it has to do with badgers. The word brochure comes from French brochure (brocade, needlework, brochure, booklet), from brocher (to stitch, sew, brocade), from Old French brochier (to jab, prod), from broche (brooch, pin), from Vulgar Latin brocca, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,122,37,20,56,23,143,117,6,4,50,36,11,109,1,94,111,5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-celtic-pathways","category-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-galician-galego","category-gaulish","category-irish","category-language","category-latin","category-manx","category-music","category-old-french-franceis","category-podcast","category-proto-celtic","category-scots","category-scottish-gaelic","category-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3131"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3135,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3131\/revisions\/3135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}