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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Italian words for ceiling and attic are soffitto and soffitta, respectively. They come from Latin roots meaning fixed beneath, something built below, or attached underneath, the roof. These words made it into English almost unchanged in form, as the soffit. Soffits now refer mostly to the horizontal underside under the eaves of a house, according to a homenclature site. The obscurity of this etymology explains the reinterpretation of this word as a “sawfit”:
Personal resolutions:
We have some serious structural damage to take care of being thinking about putting on a new roof. Most the rafters on south side are rotting at the sawfit.
(http://www.43things.com/person/jensodak)
Construction contracting:
full service general contracting from demolition to building including; siding, sawfit & fascia,
(http://www.macdonald-contracting.com/)
Cottage building acknowledgments:
Thank you John for helping me with the sawfit and facia. ... In fact Diane you’ve been the biggest help. You not only helped with the saw fit and facia, you helped build the forms for the foundation
(http://www.thewinnipegpages.com/forum/i … show=&st=0)
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A real claim to being an eggcorn. Have done a few soffits myself. Sawing and fitting are part of the task. House soffits are mostly made out of aluminum these days, at least in North America, so tin snips have a larger role than saws (though power saws with special blades can be used for the straight cuts).
Last edited by kem (2009-06-12 19:12:46)
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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