Talk:hurlyburly

The etymology here is false; it has clearly been taken straight from wikipedia which suggests only that the play 'Hurlyburly' is referencing Shakespeare. It can't be the origin of the term because I have a quotation that precedes Macbeth by half a century. —Jakeybean^TALK 22:13, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

That ety you mention doesn't seem to be in the entry any more; but I note that Chambers 1908 disagrees with our ety too. They say: "Hurly is from Old French hurler, to yell, originally huller, whence English howl. Burly is simply a rhyming addition." Ours makes no sense: what is the relevance of burling, for one thing? Equinox ◑ 03:35, 27 April 2019 (UTC)