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Many-a Mickle Maks-a Muckle
'Many a mickle makes (or 'maks') a muckle' is a curious Scottish saying of antiquity,
although it is also common in the North of England
and not entirely unknown elsewhere.
It is derived from 'A wheen o' mickles mak's a muckle',
and means 'many of one thing make another, larger, thing'.
A simple lesson, but one which needs restating;
one must always look after the pennies.
What are 'mickles' and 'muckles'?
Webster 1913 states that each word is essentially a variant of the other,
both meaning 'amount'.
Arguments arge as to whether 'mickle' is in this case a corruption of 'pickle'
(a Scots word for 'little'), and as to whether 'mickle' was once inherently inferior
to 'muckle' or merely a variant.
Whatever the case, the proliferation of this proverb
has ensured that 'muckle' is now widely regarded
as being the superior of 'mickle', something which is likely to persist.
'Many a mickle makes (or 'maks') a muckle' is a curious Scottish saying of antiquity,
although it is also common in the North of England
and not entirely unknown elsewhere.
It is derived from 'A wheen o' mickles mak's a muckle',
and means 'many of one thing make another, larger, thing'.
A simple lesson, but one which needs restating;
one must always look after the pennies.
What are 'mickles' and 'muckles'?
Webster 1913 states that each word is essentially a variant of the other,
both meaning 'amount'.
Arguments arge as to whether 'mickle' is in this case a corruption of 'pickle'
(a Scots word for 'little'), and as to whether 'mickle' was once inherently inferior
to 'muckle' or merely a variant.
Whatever the case, the proliferation of this proverb
has ensured that 'muckle' is now widely regarded
as being the superior of 'mickle', something which is likely to persist.
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Objurgating One's Obdurmition Obnixely
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objurgate... to chide; to scold; to rebuke
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obdormition... numbness in a limb caused by pressure on a nerve
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obnixely... earnestly; strenuously
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objurgate... to chide; to scold; to rebuke
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obdormition... numbness in a limb caused by pressure on a nerve
~
obnixely... earnestly; strenuously
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