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Farl vs Yarl - What's the difference?

farl | yarl |

As nouns the difference between farl and yarl

is that farl is (obsolete) a quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake while yarl is a deep, guttural vocal style with affected pronunciation, characteristic of male grunge and postgrunge singers of the.

As verbs the difference between farl and yarl

is that farl is while yarl is to sing in this manner.

farl

English

Etymology 1

Contraction of fardel.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake.
  • Any such cake or bread, now particularly used for Irish specialities as soda farls and potato farls.

    • See also

    * soda bread * potato bread

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • * 1647', '', '''1854 , Alexander Dyce (editor), ''The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher: The Text Formed from a New Collation of the Early Editions , Volume 2, page 416,
    • Down with the mainmast ! lay her at hull !
    Farl up all her linens, and let her ride it out !
    (Webster 1913)

    yarl

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A deep, guttural vocal style with affected pronunciation, characteristic of male grunge and postgrunge singers of the .
  • * 2002 , Patrick Berkery, " Record Review", Creative Loafing (Atlanta), 9 January 2002:
    • So pontificating on how Weathereds earnest morass of block-headed rage, grunge-lite mega-riffs and singer Scott Stapp's machismo ' yarl amounts to little more than Pearl Jam circa '91 for dummies is like shooting fish in a barrel.
  • * 2008 , Michael J. Vaughn, Outro , iUniverse (2008), ISBN 9781440111402, page 10:
    • One of my college kids informed me that the latest acoustic grinder hunk had covered it for a soundtrack — probably with that grungy yarl that everybody ripped off from Eddie Vedder.
  • *

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sing in this manner.
  • * 2009 , Andrew Matson, " Is there any reason to listen to the new Alice in Chains album, "Black Gives Way to Blue"?", The Seattle Times , 21 October 2009:
    • On "All Secrets Known," he yarls "fingers" into "fingerrrrrrrraaaaaaughhhhhzzzzzzz."
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