dig, to understand, to ‘get it’ – also ‘twig’ – both Irish
March 25th, 2009
Eddie Stack, a terrific writer and friend, says, By the way, do you know that ‘dig’ is an Irish word? It comes from ‘tuig’ which means to understand, to ‘get it’….it’s also used as ‘twig’ as in “I twigged something was wrong’
in fact, way back on page 7 of www.ydig.us is this:
ydig, is a website dedicated to understanding, knowledge, awareness and enjoyment.
“Dig”, comes from the Irish “tuig” meaning to understand, but it evolved in New York street argot to mean “to become aware of, to understand, to know and to enjoy. (See Eric Partridge’s A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English and the New York Time’s article Humdinger of a Project: Tracing Slang to Ireland.)
twig, I didn’t know, and am most grateful for.
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