{"id":3295,"date":"2024-03-23T12:45:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T12:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3295"},"modified":"2024-03-23T12:46:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T12:46:50","slug":"adventures-in-etymology-noodles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3295","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology &#8211; Noodling About Noodles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Noodling About Noodles\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-03-23T12:45:30+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M52S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this Adventure in Etymology we\u2019re noodling around with the word noodle.\n\n\n\nAs a noun, a noodle can refer to:\n\n\nA string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixe...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/noodle.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.0\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1662\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3295-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/noodle.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/noodle.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/noodle.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\/etymology\/noodle.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3295-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/noodle.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"noodle.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this Adventure in Etymology we\u2019re <strong>noodling<\/strong> around with the word <strong>noodle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/blog\/noodle.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Noodling About Noodles\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As a noun, <strong>a noodle<\/strong> can refer to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.<\/li>\n<li>An object which is long and thin like a noodle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It comes from Dutch <strong>noedel<\/strong> (noodle), or from German <strong>Nudel<\/strong> (a piece of pasta, noodle). The origin of these words is uncertain [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/noodle#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Apparently in the USA <strong>noodle<\/strong> can refer to Asian noodles and Italian pasta, whereas in the UK, <strong>noodle<\/strong> only refers to Asian noodles.<\/p>\n<p>As a verb, <strong>to noodle<\/strong> can mean:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To play a musical instrument or to sing in an improvisatory or light-hearted manner<\/li>\n<li>To ponder or think, especially in an unproductive or unsystematic manner<\/li>\n<li>To attempt in an informal or uncertain manner; to fiddle. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In Shetland dialect, <strong>to noddle<\/strong> means to hum or sing (a tune) at a low pitch or volume. This may be a blend of the Shetland word <strong>nune<\/strong> (to sing softly, croon, hum) and <strong>doodle<\/strong> (to play the bagpipes) in Scottish English.<\/p>\n<p>The English verb <strong>to noodle<\/strong> may come from the Shetland word, or from German <em>nudeln<\/em> (to make music or sing listlessly, at a low pitch or volume, or in an improvisatory manner). It was possibly influenced by <strong>doodle<\/strong> (to draw or scribble aimlessly).<\/p>\n<p>In informal British English, <strong>to noodle<\/strong> can also mean to engage in frivolous behaviour, or to fool around or waste time, and it used to mean a person with poor judgement, a fool, or to fool or trick someone.<\/p>\n<p>Other meanings of noodle are available.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, I like to noodle on my various musical instruments, and with my voice, and wrote a little ditty about this the other day, which goes something like this:<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m just noodling away quite happily<br \/>\nand nothing can get in my way<br \/>\nI could noodle all day down by the bay<br \/>\nand noodle all through the night<\/p>\n<p>Will you noodle with me down by the sea?<br \/>\nWill you noodle along the shore?<br \/>\nWill you noodle and moodle and all that caboodle?<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll have a lot of fun you&#8217;ll see<\/p>\n<p>We can noodle and doodle and eat some strudel<br \/>\nwith oodles of custard and cream<br \/>\nAnd then noodle some more it won&#8217;t be a bore<br \/>\nJust noodling down on the shore<\/p>\n<p>Just noodling down on the shore<br \/>\nJust noodling down on the shore<br \/>\nJust noodling down on the shore<br \/>\nJust noodling down on the shore<\/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\/1781924115&#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\/noodling\" title=\"Noodling\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Noodling<\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>To moodle<\/strong> means to dawdle aimlessly, to idle time away  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/moodle#English\">source<\/a>], <strong>oodles<\/strong> means an unspecified large amount, number, or quantity; lots, tons [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/noodle#English\">source<\/a>], and <strong>cabdoodle<\/strong> means any large collection of things or people  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/caboodle#English\">source<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to this podcast on: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/id1432641094\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/8b1b1d1b-b39e-4277-b28d-479a3b5043b3\/radio-omniglot\">Amazon Music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Education-Podcasts\/Radio-Omniglot-p1154145\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.podchaser.com\/podcasts\/radio-omniglot-716327\">Podchaser<\/a>, <a href=\"<a href=\"https:\/\/podbay.fm\/p\/radio-omniglot\">Podbay<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/podtail.com\/da\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/\">Podtail<\/a> and other pod places.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to support this podcast, you can make a donation via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/uk\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_flow&amp;SESSION=aLjPfXL-vP_1gQ_U23Iz8_hSWLlhzLHPMFZrt32dIEfG8htoNFLYaPoWkv8&amp;dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8def8934b92a630e40b7fef61ab7e9fe63\">PayPal<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/omniglot\">Patreon<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/donations.htm\">contribute to Omniglot in other ways<\/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. 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As a noun, a noodle can refer to: A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients. 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