Dingo the Dissident

THE BLOG OF DISQUIET : Qweir Notions, an uncommonplace-book from the Armpit of Diogenes, binge-thinker jottings since 2008 .

Wednesday, 20 January 2010

The birth of OK

After rough Och Aye met chique D'Accord OK was born a little bitty guy (un petit gars) soon to be clad in Denim: a cloth (de Nîmes) originally woven in Provence, badly tailored into trousers resembling those once worn by Genoan sailors (de Gènes, corrupted into Jeans).

Denim originated in Indian fishing communities around Bombay (Mumbai) and was the fabric used for Dungarees.

1 comment:

Wofl said...

Ironically and typically, the current French for 'jeans' is 'un jean'. God help the French language!