Mysteries of vernacular: Odd - Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel

Misterije kolokvijalnog jezika: čudan (odd) - Džesika Orek i Rejčel Til

Transcriber: Andrea McDonough Reviewer: Jessica Ruby

Prevodilac: Mile Živković Lektor: Anja Saric

Mysteries of vernacular:

Misterije kolokvijalnog jezika:

Odd,

čudno (odd),

different from what is usual or expected.

drugačije od onog što je obično ili očekivano.

Though the modern word odd has many meanings,

Iako moderna reč "odd" ima mnogo značenja,

mathematical or not,

matematičkih i drugih,

they can all be traced back

sva ona mogu se ispratiti

to the Indo-European root uzdho,

do indoevropskog korena "uzdho",

meaning pointing upwards.

što znači "upire ka gore".

Inspired by the idea

Nadahnuti idejom

of a vertical-pointed object,

predmeta koji upire na gore,

speakers of Old Norse modified this root

govornici staronordijskog izmenili su ovaj koren

into a new word, oddi,

u novu reč, "oddi",

which was used to refer to a triangle,

koja se koristila za označavanje trougla,

the simplest pointed object

najjednostavnijeg šiljatog predmeta

geometrically speaking.

u smislu geometrije.

A triangle with a long point,

Trougao sa dugim vrhom,

like an arrow head

poput vrha strele,

or a piece of land jutting out into the sea,

ili komad zemlje koji upire ka moru,

was recognized to have two paired angles

definisan je sa dva uparena ugla

and a third that stood alone.

i trećim koji je bio sam.

And over time, oddi began to refer

Tokom vremena, "oddi" je počelo da označava

to something that wasn't matched or paired.

nešto što nije spojeno ili upareno.

In Old Norse, oddi also came to mean

U staronordijskom, "oddi" je počelo da označava

any number indivisible by two.

bilo koji broj nedeljiv sa dva.

And odda mathr, the odd man,

A izraz "odda mathr", nesparen čovek,

was used to describe the unpaired man

korišćen je za opisivanje nesparenog čoveka

whose vote could break a tie.

čiji glas bi mogao da prevagne u situaciji gde je nerešeno.

Though the English never called a triangle odd,

Iako Englezi nikada trougao nisu nazvali neparnim,

they did borrow the odd number

oni jesu pozajmili neparan broj

and the odd man.

i neparnog čoveka.

And finally, in the 16th century,

Konačno, u 16. veku

the notion of the odd man out

pojam čoveka koji se ističe

gave rise to our modern meaning peculiar.

doveo je do modernog značenja čudnog.