7 wonders of the world Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 This one HERE Brand new £48 including UK postage Too young to be old ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruff seven Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 Whot does brand stand for ? It would be either new or used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jingars Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 Brand new: Etymology Most likely from brand in the sense of fire brand (a term often used for the heated glowing end of forged tool); implying something that is newly forged (first citation 1570), or less likely from brand as in a branding iron. The first element of the variant bran new, with the post nasal stop deletion common to English (cf. the common pronunciation of hunting as hunning [hə.nʌŋ]), is often back etymologized as being from bran as if from cases where new items were supposedly "packaged up with unwanted grain (bran) in the 18th Century to protect the object during transit" (source unknown). Both variants are well attested. Quotations: 1570 New bodies, new minds ... and all thinges new, brande-newe - John Foxe (source OED) 1807 two pair of bran-new plumpers - Alexander Chalmers - The British Essayists 2010 Get a life - jingars - Blatchat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7 wonders of the world Posted April 7, 2010 Author Share Posted April 7, 2010 Jingars 😬 Too young to be old ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruff seven Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 1570,1807 nuff said its old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7 wonders of the world Posted April 13, 2010 Author Share Posted April 13, 2010 Back on track and still for sale Too young to be old ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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