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Please explain?
Goose bumps, goose pimples or goose flesh are the bumps on a person's skin at the base of body hairs which may involuntarily develop when a person is cold or experiences strong emotions such as fear, euphoria or sexual arousal. The medical term for the effect is cutis anserina or horripilation.
The formation of goose bumps in humans under stress is considered by some to be a vestigial reflex; some believe its function in human ancestors was to raise the body's hair, making the ancestor appear larger to scare off predators. The reflex of producing goose bumps is known as piloerection or the pilomotor reflex. It occurs in many mammals besides humans; a prominent example is porcupines, which raise their quills when threatened, or sea otters when they encounter sharks or other predators.
The phrase "goose bumps" derives from the phenomenon's association with goose skin. Goose feathers grow from stores in the epidermis which resemble human hair follicles. When a goose's feathers are plucked, its skin has protrusions where the feathers were, and these bumps are what the human phenomenon resembles.
It is not clear why the particular fowl, goose, was chosen in English, as most other birds share this same anatomical feature. Some authors have applied "goosebumps" to the symptoms of sexually-transmitted diseases. "Bitten by a Winchester goose" was a common euphemism for having contracted syphilis in the 16th century. "Winchester geese" was the nickname for the prostitutes of South London, licensed by the Bishop of Winchester in the area around his London palace.
This etymology does not explain why many other languages use the same bird as in English. "Goose skin" is used in German (Gänsehaut), Swedish (gåshud), Danish and Norwegian (gåsehud), Icelandic (gæsahúð), Greek (χήνειο δέρμα), Italian (pelle d'oca), Russian (гусиная кожа), Ukrainian (гусяча шкіра), Polish (gęsia skórka), Czech (husí kůže), Slovak (husia koža), Latvian (zosāda) and Hungarian (libabőr).
In other languages, the "goose" may be replaced by other kinds of poultry. For instance, "hen" is used in Spanish (piel de gallina), Portuguese (pele de galinha), Romanian (piele de găină), French (chair de poule), Catalan (pell de gallina), Slovene (kurja polt) and in Central Italy (ciccia di gallina)and in Northern Italy (pelle d'oca). "Chicken" is used in Dutch (kippenvel), Chinese (雞皮疙瘩, lit. lumps on chicken skin), Finnish (kananliha), Estonian (kananahk), Afrikaans (hoendervleis) and Korean (닭살, daksal). In Hindi/Urdu it is called rongtey khade ho jaana. The equivalent Japanese term, 鳥肌, torihada, translates literally as "bird skin". In Arabic it is called kash'arirah (قشعريرة), while in Hebrew it is called "duck skin" (עור ברווז). In Vietnamese, it is called da gà, which can be translated as "chicken skin", or gai ốc, which can be translated as "snail node".
All of the birds listed above are commonly consumed in the country of origin, so it may well be assumed that the term "goose pimples" (also "goose skin" and "goose flesh", c.1785 and 1810) and all other related terms in other languages came into being merely due to the visual similarity of the bird's plucked skin and the human skin phenomenon, used to describe the sensation in a way that is readily familiar.
The same effect is manifested in the root word "horror" in English, which is derived from Latin horrere, which means "to bristle", and "be horrified", because of the accompanying hair reaction. Hence the title of this book series.
Still don't get it, get more info if possible… ;)
Lol. Well played. Essay at its best. Copy and paste.
Wut?
Wut?
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Thanks OP
Ordered
Thanks - ordered.
Outta stock
Outofstock already
The original series had a lot more than 20 books though
You can order direct off The Nile website for $21.99 with free shipping :)
Link please.
It says $61.49 on the website.
Sorry - my bad - no link.
Thanks twocsies and JakeTheMusSS :)
Ahhh the good old 90s
I remember always running my fingers on the embossed logo as a kid lol
Geez.
This sold out quick… I didn't even see this deal at 4am this morning… silly work.
Gerseberms, mah fravrit berks.
They should recycle the original Goosebumps stories for adults and in television show format to suit our binge-watching culture. I tried to watch the children's show adaptation of the books and the acting and script-writing was scarier than the stories.
Are you afraid of the dark
Went to order it from their website, was at $21.95 then when I actually tried to check out it tells me the price has changed and it's up to $61.49. What a load of rubbish.
They seem to have a little stock left, but now the code is only knocking off ~$11 making it $47.15. They've moved the goalposts it seems.
Yep seems they have seen the "mass lot move quickly" and figure they can get more for the demand. Not a bargain any more! :(
Say Cheese and Die was my favourite
Wrong price by the looks of it…. I've had that happen before with this vendor and they do not honour pricing errors. Really wanted this for the kids too.
Already posted my item
Cool let me know if it arrives as they have renegged twice for me on pricing errors..one was pretty substantial other wasn't much still didn't honor either….suppose it depends on the ozbargain effect before it's noticed.
It came in the mail today
@Danstar: lol who down voted me for receiving the item and letting akoli know who asked me to let them know when it came?
If anyone is still chasing these books, ALDI currently have a small selection for $1.99 each.
got an email from them - no stock. apologizing…..
told my daughter already she was going to get them… :(
Yeah me too :(
I have an order confirmation but not shipped yet & ordered yesterday. Guessing I will get an email saying no stock at some stage :(
Price error? Received an email saying no stock left. Checked shortly after and 5 available at $58.94 plus two already sold at that price.
That's such bs
They also have stock, and clearly just don't want to see it for the cheaper price, seeing as they still have it in stock here:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Goosebumps-Classic-Collection-by-…
and here:
https://www.thenile.com.au/books/rl-stine/goosebumps-classic…
can we report this to Ebay?
lol
This deal gives me Goosebumps….literally…get it….