詞匯掌故： 一派胡言Hints:Blarney castleCorkBlarney stoneCatholicFulton Sheen校稿 龍貓08翻譯 lahmmsc組長 lisa1128
A similar word has almost the same meaning as baloney. It even sounds almost the same. The word is blarney. It began in Ireland about 1600.The lord of Blarney castle, near Cork, agreed to surrender the castle to British troops. But he kept making excuses for postponing the surrender. And, he made th…
有一個詞的意思和baloney(一派胡言)十分相近，甚至連讀音都極其相似。這個詞就是Blarney(胡扯)。這個詞大約起源于1600年的愛爾蘭。布拉尼城堡位于科克郡（愛爾蘭南部城市，全國第二大城市）附近，該城堡的統(tǒng)治者同意向英國大不列顛軍隊交付城堡，但是他卻編造各種借口拖延交付時間，而且，他編造的理由貌似還很充分，“這不…