SC - bird or bay?

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Lark Miller wrote:
> 
> I think you mean compote, not compost.  Compost is what you make new dirt
> with.  Compote is fruit and juices or wine or even stronger alcohols.
> 
> Lucilla

Compost and compote are two different spellings of the same word, which,
regardless of the widely accepted modern definitions of each, have
morphed a bit over time. Compost is also the name of a dish of pickled
fruits and vegetables, as per The Forme of Cury, c. 1390 or so.
"Compote" is a French form that evolved over years of the French people
dropping the "s", as with the French equivalents of "hospital",
"hostel", and "beast".

>From the Latin "compositus", meaning "to put together"...

Adamantius 
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