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drpaladin · August 6

One thinks of gloaming as primarily Scottish, bit comes from the Old English glōming.

sandrewn · August 6

I scrolled 248 entries and you're welcome to do the same. All I have to offer is a bit of add on to what drpaladin gave us.

Gloaming | Word Genius

:cowboy:

Paladin · August 6

I always associate "gloaming" with the song containing the lines:

Roamin' in the gloamin' by the bonnie banks o' Clyde,
Roamin' in the gloamin' wi' ma lassie by ma side.

Leslie Lofton · August 6

Not much to add. Merriam-Webster says it's from the same root as glow. It is a good indication that a writer has has half exhausted his vocabulary for describing his crepuscular creations.

It's a very woody word. Not tinny at all.

JamesSavik · August 6

I've never been able to watch In the Gloaming all the way through.

Bill W · August 6

"When ance life's day draws near the gloamin,
Then fareweel vacant, careless roamin;
An' fareweel cheerfu' tankards foamin,
An' social noise:
An' fareweel dear, deluding woman,
The joy of joys!"

From 'Epistle to James Smith' written by Robert Burns in around1785. It first appeared in Burns's Kilmarnock edition of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (1786).

Bill W · August 6

Robbie Burns also gloaming is not ruddy or wonderful. It can simply be cloudy. Oh, and the origin of the word is not Gaelic, although many often think it is.

Leslie Lofton · August 6

Merriam-Webster does not list a verb "to gloam" in English, but notes that there is one in Scots, from which the English nouns "gloam" and "gloaming" are derived, ultimately from the same Germanic root as "glow".

So, you can say "Hey get a load of of that gloaming," but not "Ladies be gloaming."

sandrewn · August 6

Honest, I had no intention of saying anything else, here today. Then, just now, as I was rereading Paladins' post I noticed " lassie " . A light clicked on and my mental wayback machine took off.

A bit of background, since moving here(68+ years ago) I have never had a pet cat or dog. While my big sister had me to fetch for her and on occasion to blame things on(I loved her still/Rest in Peace, Sis).

So when we finally got a TV, that particular problem became a much smaller ache. Two TV series especially, allowed me to live vicariously with the lack of a pet.

The first you may have guessed, from my comment on Paladins' post: I included parts 1 & 2(I would not leave you with a cliffhanger).

Lassie - Episode 1 - "Inheritance" - Part 1 - (Originally broadcast 09/12/1954) - YouTube

Lassie - Episode 1 - "Inheritance" - Part 2 (Originally broadcast 09/12/1954) - YouTube

The second, contains a heck of a lot that would not be considered politically correct today:

Meet Rin Tin Tin [S1, Ep1] The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin - YouTube

Of course there were others, like, 'Flipper' or 'Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'. I better stop now(sniff).

Thanks for the memories,

sandrewn :cowboy:

Edited August 6 by sandrewn

AC Benus · August 6

A favorite of lyricists and song stylists for decades

Paladin · August 7

12 hours ago, JamesSavik said:

I've never been able to watch In the Gloaming all the way through.

I'm with you there @JamesSavik. I only remembered the one line from when I was much much younger, and I'm sure that was only because of the rhyme. When I searched for it before posting, I didn't get past the first verse.

Paladin · August 7

Thank you @AC Benus for that. I love the Louis Armstrong one.

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