Why is a batch called a batch?

**Big Dave** · 26th September 2006, 21:50

Don't have the word at home. We have shacks, weekenders and holiday homes - I think like Soobarroo it's a uniquely kiwi word - where from?

**Ixion** · 26th September 2006, 21:51

It's not. It's called a bach. Or a crib, if your from the South.

**Str8 Jacket** · 26th September 2006, 21:52

Batch = batch of cookies. mmmm cookies

arrgh to slow!

**Crasherfromwayback** · 26th September 2006, 21:53

Where the hell did Doona (spelling) come from???
Duvet innit?

**Motu** · 26th September 2006, 22:15

Dunno,I've stayed in many,and lived in some too.....a family was really doing well if they had a bach,but not like they were stinking rich or anything....any working man could have a bach sitting right on the beach.Shit,we've come a long way from there eh?

There has to be a simple explanation,for a country that names it's major land masses The North Island and The South Island (forieners just don't get it do they?) and other place names for similar reasons - something complicated is just not possible.

**Hitcher** · 26th September 2006, 22:16

Spelt bach, pronounced batch. Unless it's a German composer, in which case it's bark.

**Big Dave** · 26th September 2006, 22:23

Originally Posted by Ixion

It's not. It's called a bach. Or a crib, if your from the South.

Thank you your helpfulness - clear as mud.

**Big Dave** · 26th September 2006, 22:24

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Spelt bach, pronounced batch. Unless it's a German composer, in which case it's bark.

Note taken. Leg cocked on wrong tree.

**Ixion** · 26th September 2006, 22:52

The etymology is uncertain. I incline , myself, to a derivation from the Cymric bach = small, cosy, affectionate diminutive.Others will have their own ideas. YMMV. Perhaps, with luck a vigorous and erudite discussion may develop.

I already have dibs on the popcorn franchise in that event

**SARGE** · 26th September 2006, 22:59

in the States .. they tend to gather in groups .. all your new neighbors come over on your first day and help you take the wheels off...

dad has a bigass Winnebago and he pulls a 27 foot Airstream with it .. his rig sleeps 12 comfortably..

he bought 1 acre in the middle of Arizona and put a 10 foot chainlink with a huge locked gate around the whole thing.. goes out there in the winter and locks the gate behind him.. we dont hear from him till spring ...

**Ixion** · 26th September 2006, 23:04

Harumph. That will not contribute to my popcorn profits. That will not bring the learned literati of six continents flocking here agog for cerebral exercise. And popcorn.

Try harder

**Big Dave** · 26th September 2006, 23:06

Originally Posted by Ixion

The etymology is uncertain. I incline , myself, to a derivation from the Cymric bach = small, cosy, affectionate diminutive.Others will have their own ideas. YMMV. Perhaps, with luck a vigorous and erudite discussion may develop.

I already have dibs on the popcorn franchise in that event

Great - now I have to look up 'Cymric'.

**SARGE** · 26th September 2006, 23:07

Originally Posted by Ixion

Harumph. That will not contribute to my popcorn profits. That will not bring the learned literati of six continents flocking here agog for cerebral exercise. And popcorn.

Try harder

whoa ... too much cheese powder on your popcorn there bro...

**warewolf** · 26th September 2006, 23:07

"The bach (or 'small apartment' from the verb to bach, live as a bachelor) has become a characteristic local typology in New Zealand, where it is usually a simple seaside holiday home."