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Message no. 1
From: jaimie.nicholson@********.otago.ac.nz (Jaimie Nicholson)
Subject: vocab question
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 13:15:15 +1200 (NZST)
Hey, what the hell does "natch" mean? I can't find any NZers who know.

PLAYTHING OF A CRUEL GOD
JAIMIE NICHOLSON
Message no. 2
From: Brian Rogers <rogers@****.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Re: vocab question
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 20:19:42 -0500
I thought Natch was like "nothing" or "nada".

Where is is used so I can get a better angle on it.

If anyone cares, and I am sure you all done -- My paintball gun
is back out of the shop and should be back in my hands by tomorrow
morning. Its going to take all of my will power not to pull my air canister
out of the freezer and bring it in to work with me so I can at least pump
air through it. I havent shot it in over a year and im itching bad!


> Hey, what the hell does "natch" mean? I can't find any NZers who know.
>
> PLAYTHING OF A CRUEL GOD
> JAIMIE NICHOLSON
>
>
Message no. 3
From: jaimie.nicholson@********.otago.ac.nz (Jaimie Nicholson)
Subject: Re: vocab question
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 13:30:03 +1200 (NZST)
Brian:

>I thought Natch was like "nothing" or "nada".
>
>Where is is used so I can get a better angle on it.

Something like "I met their leader, an elf, natch," or "no chickens in
there, natch". Could be taken to mean "not surprisingly," but then there
are sometimes other uses that don't fit that interpretation.

PLAYTHING OF A CRUEL GOD
JAIMIE NICHOLSON
Message no. 4
From: Nightblade <wgreason@*****.ocis.temple.edu>
Subject: Re: vocab question
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 22:04:13 -0400 (EDT)
"Natch" as I have understood it in the Eastern U.S. is a shortened
colloquialism for "Naturally". the "tur" sound in this coast's accent

can sound like "tcher" sometimes.

I think I was exposed to this in a marvel comic some years ago.

peace
Dave
Message no. 5
From: Brian Rogers <rogers@****.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Re: vocab question
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 21:09:15 -0500
Natch-urally. Sounds good to me!

> "Natch" as I have understood it in the Eastern U.S. is a shortened
> colloquialism for "Naturally". the "tur" sound in this coast's
accent
> can sound like "tcher" sometimes.
>
> I think I was exposed to this in a marvel comic some years ago.
>
> peace
> Dave
>
Message no. 6
From: Wadswat@***.com
Subject: Re: vocab question
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 23:42:26 -0400
Natch? Naturally, naturally. Duh.

You...like, totally paused!

Chris M. ( MR. Wadswat@***.com )
Message no. 7
From: mneideng@****.caltech.edu (Mark Lafarga Neidengard)
Subject: Re: vocab question
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 00:04:17 -0700 (PDT)
According to Jaimie Nicholson:
>Brian:
>
>>I thought Natch was like "nothing" or "nada".
>>
>>Where is is used so I can get a better angle on it.
>
>Something like "I met their leader, an elf, natch," or "no chickens in
>there, natch". Could be taken to mean "not surprisingly," but then
there
>are sometimes other uses that don't fit that interpretation.

I'm pretty sure "natch" is short for "naturally".
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Message no. 8
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: vocab question
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 17:08:51 +0100
In message <v01540b06ae7036829967@[139.80.4.142]>, Jaimie Nicholson
<jaimie.nicholson@********.otago.ac.nz> writes
>Brian:
>
>>I thought Natch was like "nothing" or "nada".

I understood it as a contraction of "naturally".
>>
>Something like "I met their leader, an elf, natch," or "no chickens in
>there, natch". Could be taken to mean "not surprisingly," but then
there
>are sometimes other uses that don't fit that interpretation.
>

--
"There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable and
praiseworthy."
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

Paul J. Adam paul@********.demon.co.uk
Message no. 9
From: Evan Hughes <ehughes@******.carleton.ca>
Subject: Re: vocab question
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 16:44:23 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 26 Sep 1996, Mark Lafarga Neidengard wrote:
> I'm pretty sure "natch" is short for "naturally".

Weird. I've never heard it used in that sense. My only encounters with
the wordlet has been in the "nada" sense.

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Message no. 10
From: Jeffrey Jacob Mach <mach@****.caltech.edu>
Subject: Re: vocab question
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 14:03:45 -0700 (PDT)
Hermmmm...just to throw a monkey wrench into this whole mess

natch adv [by shortening & alter. fr. naturally] (ca. 1945) slang: of
course: naturally
--Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary

However, I have usually seen it used with a negative connotation or as
sarcasm. More or less like a "Damn, it had to be that way, naturally."
e.g. There's 500 sentry guns between us and the door out. Natch....

--My 2 yen

Jeff

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