Bacca

irmamar

April 28, 2010 06:21 AM

Bacca

Would you say that "bacca" is "tobacco"? Is it better to say that "bacca" means "berry"? :thinking:

Thanks. :)

poli	April 28, 2010 06:39 AM

Bacca is not at all a common word. I have a good vocabulary and needed to consult a dictionary for its definition. It means a round fruit like an olive.

Perikles

April 28, 2010 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by irmamar (Post 80890)

Would you say that "bacca" is "tobacco"?

No, it is not even in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, and I've never heard of it. There is an English slang word for tobacco: 'baccy which is possibly what Irma is thinking of.

pjt33

April 28, 2010 11:21 AM

BNC has three instances of "bacca" meaning "tobacco" and one which quotes the Latin word "bacca":

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...the source of the term " bachelor " for academic honours, from the Roman bacca laureus, laurel berry. The French term baccalaureate for examinations is an even more ...

Perikles

April 28, 2010 11:31 AM

I'm rather concerned that Irmamar is learning some very obscure English words which nobody understands these days. Is this something to do with D.H. Lawrence I wonder? :thinking:

hermit

April 28, 2010 02:07 PM

In the Southern states, U.S., " 'bacca" is tobacco.

Way of life for many farmers is "growin' 'bacca".

irmamar

April 29, 2010 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Perikles (Post 80922)

I'm rather concerned that Irmamar is learning some very obscure English words which nobody understands these days. Is this something to do with D.H. Lawrence I wonder? :thinking:

¡Ay, qué listo eres! :D

Thank you everybody. :)

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