| Title: | The Joy of Lex |
| Notice: | A Notes File even your grammar could love |
| Moderator: | THEBAY::SYSTEM |
| Created: | Fri Feb 28 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1192 |
| Total number of notes: | 42769 |
I cringe every time I hear this ad from Cracker Barrel restaurants ...
They indicate they are interviewing an English teacher, and
ask her the origins of the word "Supper"
She spouts some nonsense like "The word originated in the country,
where after a meal they would get up and say Super which became Supper"
ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Then she goes on to say that some people call lunch supper too!
AAYYAYAYAYAYAY!
I don't know the exact derivation of supper, but I certainly know
the French have the word "souper" and the the Germans have a similar
thing with zup..
The big problem with this nonsense is there will now be some kids (and
adults) going around believing this is correct ...
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1186.1 | Derivation | NYOSS1::GOODMAN | I see you shiver with antici.........pation! | Thu Feb 06 1997 11:22 | 11 |
From http://gs213.sp.cs.cmu.edu/prog/webster:
supper: [ME, fr. OF souper, fr. souper to sup - more at SUP]
sup: [ME soupen, suppen, fr. OF souper, fr. soupe sop, soup]- more at
SOUP
soup: [F soupe sop, soup, of Gmc origin; akin to ON soppa soup, OE
sopp sop]
HTH,
Roy
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