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I've always liked that word too. Recently, I just learned it has an Indian origin, and in India, it's more commonly spelled "mughal" or "moghul"
It refers to the group of regional princes, all Muslim, who governed India under an Emperor at the time the British East India Company arrived and conquered the subcontinent through corporate greed and British military power.
The East India Company made The British Empire the wealthiest in the world by robbing India into poverty at the same time the rebels here were trying to drive the Brits out of our own continent.
The moguls (or mughals or moghuls) had ruled India peacefully for 300 years, and the Indian economy was 22% of the entire world's economy, second only to China, throughout that time span.
But in 30 year's time, the advances in weaponry that came from the Wars of the Austrian Succession gave the East India Company such massive military superiority the Emperor of India and his millions of troops, could not defend their country.
I like that word too and connect it with winter and ski bumps. Mogul skiing was fun when I was young,but now I love watching this competitive sport on TV.
I like that word too and connect it with winter and ski bumps. Mogul skiing was fun when I was young,but now I love watching this competitive sport on TV.
I like that word too and connect it with winter and ski bumps. Mogul skiing was fun when I was young,but now I love watching this competitive sport on TV.
I made that association too. In this meaning, 'mogul' appears to be a derivation of a S. German dialect word 'mugel', which describes the same snow condition.
I found it very interesting that mogul, a word I've always known had different connections, one to India and one to skiing, and here in the U.S., we got the word wrong both times.
This reminds me of a French slang expression "mache fer" (to "chew iron")
Imagine a monotone voice that drones on and on and on. From a distance, it is completely indecipherable (a good thing) yet annoying as a chronic background noise. That person is chewing iron.
The phrase I like today- Three sheets to the wind.
I've always used it to describe someone who is just kind of kooky. But I looked it up and learned that it actually is used to mean very drunk. In sailing parlance a sheet is a rope or a chain that is attached to the corner of the sail to hold the sail in place. If these sheets are not kept tight, the sails will flap about in the wind. Thus the ship staggers off course, like a drunk.
This reminds me of a French slang expression "mache fer" (to "chew iron")
Imagine a monotone voice that drones on and on and on. From a distance, it is completely indecipherable (a good thing) yet annoying as a chronic background noise. That person is chewing iron.
The phrase I like today- Three sheets to the wind.
I've always used it to describe someone who is just kind of kooky. But I looked it up and learned that it actually is used to mean very drunk. In sailing parlance a sheet is a rope or a chain that is attached to the corner of the sail to hold the sail in place. If these sheets are not kept tight, the sails will flap about in the wind. Thus the ship staggers off course, like a drunk.
Thanks for explaining that. I thought "sheets" were sails (which, hello, makes more sense).
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