Talk:barge

Incorrect Etymology
Why can't the Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare, “small boat”) come from the Sindhi word ٻيڙِي (ɓɛɻɪ)?

Aursani (talk) 11:59, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Is there any evidence of linguistic contact between Sindhi and Coptic? — Ungoliant (falai) 12:38, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Obsolete printers' slang?
John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873) has barge as "a term used among printers (compositors) to denote a case in which there is an undue proportion of some letters and a corresponding shortness of those which are most valuable". Equinox ◑ 11:03, 10 June 2021 (UTC)