tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27606211.post115655703331977074..comments2023-06-04T11:38:40.921-04:00Comments on words / myth / ampers & virgule: Ya' learn something old every dayDick Margulishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10169512038331158003noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27606211.post-1157052081258736402006-08-31T15:21:00.000-04:002006-08-31T15:21:00.000-04:00cheese toast, anyone?cheese toast, anyone?Nick Belardeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16445719353246891145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27606211.post-1156603656364512422006-08-26T10:47:00.000-04:002006-08-26T10:47:00.000-04:00Whisper something in Burvis's long, floppy ear for...Whisper something in Burvis's long, floppy ear for me, Susan: "hasenpfeffer"; that should shut the little furball up.<BR/><BR/><I>Rabbit</I> never threatened Burvis's ancestors. My understanding of the history of the term (unconfirmed by modern etymological resources) is that it was a slur directed at the supposed poor marksmanship of whichever country's hunters you happened to be deprecating (the Welsh, the Irish, and so forth). <I>Rarebit</I> was introduced in the Victorian Era as a euphemism, so that polite people could discuss the dish without casting aspersions on the Welsh.Dick Margulishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10169512038331158003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27606211.post-1156602572990586182006-08-26T10:29:00.000-04:002006-08-26T10:29:00.000-04:00Burvis, my pet rabbit, did not approve of this pos...Burvis, my pet rabbit, did not approve of this post.<BR/>Burvis said, and I quote:<BR/>"Karma baby, karma is why you got rarebit"<BR/>heeeeeeeeeeee!Susan Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16544739794053190521noreply@blogger.com