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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