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Tuesday, 6 May 2014

Q is for Quack

The quiet of the morning is broken by the quack quack quacking of the ducks and some geese honking too.

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I've also seen a quack or two in my time but that's another story. I knew that a quack means someone who promoted unproven or fraudulent medical practices. I didn't know that the origin of quack comes from the archaic word quacksalver which has Dutch origins (kwakzalver in contemporary Dutch). The word literally means hawker of salve. In the middle ages the word quack meant shouting. I have paraphrased and copied this information from wikipedia. So without anymore quacking from me, link up and visit each other for some Q fun.
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23 comments:

  1. AmitAag6 May 2014 at 00:45

    Quite right! Quintessential Quandary for Q words:(
    My Quest ends!
    Thank you for hosting Carver:)

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  2. Sushma Harish6 May 2014 at 02:41

    Queen of the Q- Lexicon..Quack in a morning. Quite and idea.

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  3. Kate6 May 2014 at 05:22

    Perfect photo and commentary for "Q"—love those QUACKING ducks and geese!

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  4. MERYL JAFFE, PhD - parent, psychologist, teacher, author...6 May 2014 at 07:32

    Q is usually so quirky. I love the Quak prompt. Thank you to the AAAQuality Team of ABCWednesday!!

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  5. Dina6 May 2014 at 08:19

    Don't you just love etymology?!

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  6. Leovi6 May 2014 at 09:57

    I was wrong with the first picture, I'm sorry, I can not delete!

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    1. Roger Owen Green6 May 2014 at 10:45

      I assume you want 15, not 12? I will delete the former.

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  7. Chubskulit Rose6 May 2014 at 10:38

    Hey there everyone, quakiddy quakiddy, quack, I am back. Hehehe. Been a while.

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  8. Roger Owen Green6 May 2014 at 10:39

    Carver has long QUACKED me up.

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    1. Chubskulit Rose9 May 2014 at 10:45

      Roger, for some reason, your site won't load at my end..

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  9. Reader Wil6 May 2014 at 12:37

    Thanks for the explanation of the Dutch word "Kwakzalver". I didn't know this.

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  10. Jane Hards Photography6 May 2014 at 13:22

    Carver always has another q, quirky info I learn something new each week

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  11. TheChieftess6 May 2014 at 14:34

    Quack!!!

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  12. Arnoldo L. Romero, MLA6 May 2014 at 14:55

    That's an interesting piece of trivia. I went for quality vs. quantity. Blessings!

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  13. Nonnie6 May 2014 at 15:53

    what a fun piece on quacking!

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  14. Uppal6 May 2014 at 18:26

    Come to think of Orwell using "duckspeak" as insincere speech coming from the vocal cords without brain participating in it!

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  15. Melbourne Australia Photos7 May 2014 at 07:25

    Greetings from Queenscliff, Victoria! Quite an elegant town with quality establishments and a quiet, ambience!

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  16. Trubes8 May 2014 at 11:34

    We have ducks that quack loudly at our local park but there is nothing louder when the Canada Geese fly over when they migrate to a wet land park not far away...it drives one 'quackers' after a while, but then such a quirky thing..
    Best wishes,
    Di..xx

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  17. Unknown8 May 2014 at 14:20

    quack quack.. i'm back finally after typhoon haiyan hit our town

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  18. Roger Owen Green9 May 2014 at 06:22

    Re: post #2, my ABBA post, my blog is currently down AGAIN! You can read the post HERE

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  19. Annesphamily10 May 2014 at 19:34

    I love the sweet ducks swimming about. Enjoy the weekend and thanks for sharing. Happy Mother;s Day from me to you!

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  20. Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪11 May 2014 at 18:10

    I watched the NY Hudson river plane landing and I can't look at a Canadian goose the same way again.

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