and it sparked comment.
I assumed it was a british word, but Kate a brit was surprised by it so I looked it up in Websters, and American dictionary, and my usage came up numbers 1 and 2 and they said, "Middle English wiket, from Anglo-French, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse vīk inlet, corner
First Known Use: 13th century"
While word reference (from the OED) had it second and claimed it is a N American usage.
LOVE this language, I guess it came over with the immigrants from the UK and the older usage stuck as the cricket association didn't?
Cool, no?
5 comments:
Just don't get your wicket in a knot.
I'm going to start using wicket and take it back to the UK, via Catalunya! K x
I definitely thought it was the thing you hit in cricket or the hoop you hit your ball through in that super charming game that I cannot remember the name of - lawn hoops? Lawn putting - what is it?
I got what you meant though - maybe it is a family word?
Nana
Bodhi....give it a whirl!
Kate, I LOVE IT!!!!
Nana, I'm glad you got what I meant anyway.....wickets are cricket aren't they, not croquet....???? Maybe both???
You can also have a wicket in a fence, where you can slide through it....no?
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