SC - non-chicken eggs
Philip & Susan Troy
troy at asan.com
Fri Aug 22 07:42:47 PDT 1997
Stephen Bloch wrote:
> > That would be Das Buoch Von Guter Speiss you're thinking of, but ...
>
> Just so there's no confusion, we have a false cognate here. The last
> word in the title is spelled "Speise" in modern German, and means
> "food" or "dining" or "dishes". Compare the modern German word
> "Speisesaal", or dining room.
Kinda like "Cury" in the Middle English sources, which is also often
misinterpreted. Actually, the copy I have, which somebody typed up and
made available on line, does read "Speiss", but it could well be a typo.
Sorry about that... .
Adamantius
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